The case of many inhabitants of the town of Deptford, in the county of Kent; many of which are inn-holders, and victuallers. To the honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02592 of text R226261 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C943). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B02592 Wing C943 ESTC R226261 52211915 ocm 52211915 175484 2248537253

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02592) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175484) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2738:24) The case of many inhabitants of the town of Deptford, in the county of Kent; many of which are inn-holders, and victuallers. To the honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1699] Caption title. Publication data suggested by Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Lincoln's Inn Library. eng War -- Relief of sick and wounded -- Early works to 1800. Deptford (London, England) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The case of many inhabitants of the town of Deptford, in the county of Kent, many of which are inn-holders, and victuallers. [no entry] 1699 1 432 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CASE OF Many Inhabitants of the Town of DEPTFORD , in the County of Kent ; many of which are Innholders and Victuallers , To the Honourable the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled .

WHereas the said Inhabitants did , at the latter End of the last Sessions of Parliament , deliver their Case to this Honourable House ; which was as followeth :

That the said Inhabitants from time to time , as often as occasion hath been , entertained Sick and Wounded Seamen , sent on Shoar from His Majesty's Ships , during all the time of the late War , and have furnished them with Meat , Drink , Washing , Lodging , and all other Necessaries for their Subsistance .

That the said Inhabitants , by such Subsistance , have run themselves into very many and great Debts with their Brewers , Bakers , Butchers , and other Tradesmen , for Three or Four Years together .

And since the delivery of the abovesaid Case , the New Commissioners for that Office have discharged the Debts for the Sick and Wounded Men at all the Ports of this Kingdom , from the First of July 1698 , to the Thirtieth of September 1699. And though the former Commissioners have often been sollicited on that Account , being in Arrears to this , as also to most , if not all the Ports of the Kingdom , from the Year 1695 , to the Last of June 1698 ; yet nothing hath nor can be obtained of them , They alledging they have not any Money to discharge the same , which occasions the Creditors of the said Inhabitants to act with greater Severity towards them .

That the said Inhabitants are become so very Poor , by having entertained Seamen upon His Majesty's Account , ( having mortgag'd and made away all that they had ) that they and their Families , must unavoidably perish , if not timely relieved , several of them having been Arrested by their said Creditors , and Others withdrawn from their Habitations , to the utter Ruin of their Families .

Wherefore the said Inhabitants most Humbly beg , That this Honourable House would be pleased to take their most miserable and deplorable Condition into Your serious Considerations ; and to grant them such Relief therein as Your Honours shall think convenient ; that thereby they may regain their former Credit , and be enabled still to supply the said Sick and Wounded Seamen for His Majesty's Service .