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These are to give you Notice, That I Sir
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William Thomson
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Majesty's
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for the said Cities and
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a Copy of the Schedule, containing a full Discovery of
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allhisEstate, Goods, and Effects untohimbe-
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longing, whichheintents to make Oath of at the
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General
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Sessions, according to the late Act
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of Parliament made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of
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our Sovereign Lord King Geroge, intituled, An Act for the
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Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for the more easie Discharge
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under my Hand and Seal, to
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of the sd Goal
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thereby requiring him to bring
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the Body of the said
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before his Majesty's Justices of the Peace at the General
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Sessions of the Peace, to be holden for the said
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County of Middx at Hicks Hall in St John
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Street in afsd County
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On Monday
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FifthDay of
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September
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now next ensuing the Date of these Pre-
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John
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is Charged, in order tohisbeing
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released and discharged according to the Direction of the
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Said Act of Parliament. Given under my Hand and Seal
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this
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