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[image of unfolding
envelope] At the Council Chamber Whitehall
the 12th day of February 1756.

By the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee
of Council for hearing Appeals Complaints &c. {etcetera}
from --- the Plantations. ---
Duplicate
Whereas his Majesty was pleased by his Order in Council ---
of the 22.d {22nd} of September last to referr unto this Committee
the humble Petition of Appeal and Complaint of William Letts
of the Island of Barbadoes Esq.r {Esquire} Deputy provost Marshall
General of the said -- Island and Deputy Serjeant at Arms attending
the Court of Chancery in the said Island on the 4th day of September
1754 touching the -- Rights of the petitioner's said Office and humbly
praying to be --- relieved in the promises And whereas a Motion was
this day made to the Lords of the Committee by the Sollicitor for the
petitioner --- praying that a Copy of this petition and Complaint may be
--- transmitted to the said president and Council for them to return ---
their Answer thereto and that the Partys may be at Liberty to take ---
proofs in the said Island in Order to be made Use of at the hearing
of the said Appeal and Complaint --- Their Lordships are thereupon
pleased to Order that a Copy of the said petition of Appeal and ---
Complaint (which is hereunto annexed) be transmitted to the said
president and Council of Barbadoes who are hereby required to ---
return their several and respective Answers thereunto in Writing to
this Committee together with such Depositions or proofs as they shall
think necessary to support the same and that free Liberty be given to
the petitioner or his Attorneys or any other persons concerned to
make Affidavit or exhibit other proofs touching this Matter before any
Judge or Magistrate in the said Island --- And that such Judge
or Magistrate do summon before them such persons as the petitioner
or his Attorneys or other persons concerned shall name which the ---
Governor or Commander in Chief of the said Island is to signify to

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