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<!-- final paragraph of printed text, with underlines, additions and a marginal note annotated in ink --> <p>And whereas, in pursuance of the said Act, His Majesty<lb/>did, on the Second Day of March One thousand seven<lb/>hundred and eighty-one, appoint Sir Gilbert Elliot Baronet,<lb/>Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury Baronet, and Thomas Bowdler<lb/>Doctor of Physic, Supervisors of the Buildings to be erected<lb/>pursuant to the said Act, and that the said Supervisors<lb/>having made strict Examination of the most eligible Spots<lb/>in the <hi rend="underline">Neighbourhood of London</hi> and <hi rend="underline">particularly on the<lb/>Banks of the River Thames</hi>, whereon to erect such Penitentiary<lb/>Houses as aforesaid, having spent some Time in that<lb/>Enquiry, reported to the <del>said</del> <hi rend="underline">Lord Chancellor, and the <note><del>no such<lb/>reasons<lb/>mentioned<lb/>in this Act.</del></note><lb/>other Persons <del>before</del> mentioned</hi>, <add>in the said Act</add> according to the Directions<lb/>of the said Acts, Two Spots in the Neighbourhood of each<lb/>other, namely, Wandsworth Field for the Penitentiary<lb/><add>House</add> </p> | |||
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And whereas, in pursuance of the said Act, His Majesty
did, on the Second Day of March One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-one, appoint Sir Gilbert Elliot Baronet,
Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury Baronet, and Thomas Bowdler
Doctor of Physic, Supervisors of the Buildings to be erected
pursuant to the said Act, and that the said Supervisors
having made strict Examination of the most eligible Spots
in the Neighbourhood of London and particularly on the
Banks of the River Thames, whereon to erect such Penitentiary
Houses as aforesaid, having spent some Time in that
Enquiry, reported to the said Lord Chancellor, and the no such
reasons
mentioned
in this Act.
other Persons before mentioned, in the said Act according to the Directions
of the said Acts, Two Spots in the Neighbourhood of each
other, namely, Wandsworth Field for the Penitentiary
House
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