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even that much---- [I - crossed out] We think it incumbent upon ourselves [me - crossed out] to state those Circumstances, that the Magistrates may exert themselves to impress those people with the necessity of trusting to their own [exertions?] for bread -

As the Magistrates have in the present [illegible - crossed out] instance
[stated - written above so insert here] sickness to have been a a principal Cause of their [illegible - crossed out] wants at this time, His Excellency has been pleased to approve of
[our authorizing you to - written above so insert here] [your - crossed out]
purchase [ing - crossed out] upon the best terms- the value of Twenty Pounds in Potatoes , Bread and such other necessaries as the sick, aged & infants may be in absolute want of
[to be distributed among them - written above so insert here]
-- a particular account of the Expenditure thereof must be transmitted to the Treasur[?y OR er] office for the information of the Commissioners - and to be laid before the Assembly when it [illegible - crossed out] meets-
signed J. Brenton
M: Wallace
C. Morris

To James Archibald Esqr
Truro