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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<STC T="G">816.m.16[31]</STC>
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<P> THE Ca&s;e and Ju&s;tification OF S^r^. JOHN PETTUS, Of the County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> Knight, Concerning Two Charitable BILLS now Depending in the <HI>Hou&s;e of Lords</HI> under his Care.</P>
<P>One for the better &s;ettling of Mr. <HI>Henry Smith</HI>'s E&s;tate, according to the Donor's true Intention.</P>
<P>The other for &s;ettling of <HI>Charitable U&s;es</HI> in the Town of <HI>Kel&s;hall,</HI> according to the de&s;ire of the chief Land-Owners and Inhabitants there.</P>
<P><HI>Humbly Repre&s;ented to the Lords and Commons in PARLIAMENT.</HI></P>
<P>For the better Regulating of them for the future.</P>
<P>Printed in the Year 1677/8.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORDS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>_I</HI> Joyn the&s;e two <HI>Bills</HI> together in one <HI>Ca&s;e,</HI> becau&s;e they are both now manag'd by ver|tue of two <HI>Decrees</HI> obtain'd (as I conceive) by mi&s;-repre&s;entations; and both of them al&s;o manag'd (at pre&s;ent) by Per&s;ons not &s;uitable or proper (as is conceiv'd) for the Tru&s;ts of them: So as the&s;e <HI>Acts</HI> are intended to make the Tru&s;ts more publick, and Obligations to the performers of the Charity intended by both.</P>
<P>In relation to Your Lord&s;hips grandeur: I could not well reduce them into a le&s;&s;er &s;hape; and though they appear in a greater bulk then is u&s;ually pre&s;ented, yet I a&s;&s;ure Your Lord&s;hips they do not take above &s;even minutes to the reading of them; and I hope they will prove &s;o &s;atisfactory, that the concerning of my &s;elf in them, will be attributed rather to my Charitable di&s;po|&s;ition, (for I intend a good to 224 Towns, in 32 Coun|ties in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales)</HI> then an injury to any man. My aim being, that &s;o great a Charitable Gift may not be hid under a Bu&s;hel, but &s;et in a publick place, (as it de&s;erves) and al&s;o manag'd by publick Per&s;ons, &s;o as the light and reputation of it, and my clear intents, may be &s;een by Your Lord&s;hips, and the Repre&s;entatives of tho&s;e Counties and Towns where they are.</P>
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<P> Protesting, that neither favour nor affection, or hopes of reward in this World, have in the lea&s;t invited my endeavours for the &s;ettling the&s;e two <HI>Bills</HI> into <HI>Acts,</HI> for I have &s;ufficiently contented my &s;elf, that I have given Your Lord&s;hips the opportunity of doing a great Good, by pa&s;sing one, and giving the other a &s;erene pro|gre&s;s to the <HI>Hou&s;e of Commons:</HI> both being humbly &s;ubmitted to Your Lord&s;hips wi&s;doms, by,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lords,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t obedient and humble Servant, Jo. Pettus.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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