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Petitions from individuals, mainly seeking appointments, situations or apprenticeships.

Petition from tradesmen and other individuals on behalf of Pierce and George Creagh and their sister Elizabeth Brown, to have their sentence of transportation for theft to be commuted to confinement. The last page bears the congregated seal of Limerick stone cutters.

Petition from the bankers, merchants and traders of Limerick to the Right Honourable Charles Vereker MP for the Recorder of the city to be authorised to hold the weekly Court of Record when the Mayor and Sheriffs are unable to precede over it, and other related improvements to the Court of Record. The petition ends abruptly and may be a draft or a copy.

Petition by the fishermen of Limerick city resident at the North Strand against the acts of oppression by the Corporation to prevent the fishermen from practicing their trade on the river Shannon.

Petition by James Walsh, Chairman of the Dealers in Old Clothes, Mary Street, Limerick, against the attempt to subject the dealers to a licence as hawkers and pedlars under the provisions of the act of the 55th of George III and seeking repeal of that act.

Petition by James Hickey, Overseer, Limerick, seeking a grant of £240 to enable the overseers of St Michael’s parish to support the 80 children in ‘the Institution’ who being over the age of 12 months would not be received into the National Foundling Institution at Dublin.