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To The Select Men of Swansey

Swansay 10^ths Apr:^ll 1746

The Request of Rebeckah Shelden Signifyeths That —
whereas my Husband Ephraim Shelden has Enterred himself Into
his Majesties Service and has left me with three Children and -
nothing to Support us with, which renders me uncapable of -
provideing for ^em the Common necessaries of Life and his absence -
Disinables me to bind out my Children I therefore Desire you
to bind out one of my Children Namely Godfrey Shelden
to Michael Eddy with whome I have agreed to Live with him
till 21 Years old to learn him the Trade of a weaver and to teach
him the to Read write and Cypher to be Capable of Keeping a
book of accounts and to give him two suits of Apparrell for all
parts of his body the one and Every Day Suit and the other
for a Sabbath Day Suit — from Gent:ⁿ Yo^r - Hum.^b- Serv^ts—

Rebeckah Shelden
her mark
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John Child
Joshua Smith