George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas it has been humbly represented unto our lords justices general and general governors of our Kingdom of Ireland, by His Grace Hugh lord archbishop of Armagh, Lord Almoner in the said Kingdom of Ireland; that as several gentlemen, clergymen and other inhabitants of the city of Dublin have represented to him the present distrest condition of the poor there, and that many hundred families, who use to subsist by their honest labour, are now reduced to the last necessity for want of employment, and have exprest their own readiness and that of others to contribute to the relief of these poor sufferers. ...

Date:

1729