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Name: William Chapman

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Sex: M

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Subject: Petition on Pay

Document Date: 02/02/1800

PRO Reference: Supply 5/220

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1. William Chapman was illiterate and working as a general Labourer, according to a signed document of the 2nd February 1800 (Supply 5/220 relating to a Petition on Pay). 2. Chapman was employed as a Labourer "drawing and setting stoves and in the willow plantation", paid 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn, according to the List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229). 3. Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814, recorded that he was then employed as a Cooper, but his pay had been reduced to 2/4d per day, and he was then not allowed to watch.