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Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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to the saidParish of
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andthemdeliver unto the Church-Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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Hands and Seals this
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29th.Day ofJuly 1748
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Printing in General by J. TOWERS, opposite Oxford Chapel.
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