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MANUSCRIPT SOURCES LONDON METROPOlITAN ARCHIVES A/FH/A08/001/002/010-049, A/FH/A08/001/003/009-015, Petitions to the Foundling Hospital, 1801–1840. MJ/SP/1760/03/013-1769/05/037, Middlesex Coroners’ reports. MJ/SR/1940-1958, 2143-2160, 2180-2194, 2340-2356, 2360, 2526-2546, 2556, 2561, 2566, 2728-2746, 2932-2950, 3095-3108, 3221-3236, Sessions papers, House of correction calendars, 1700–1770. P74/LUK/3, St. Luke Chelsea, Workhouse committee minutes, 1735/6. P74/LUK/63, St. Luke Chelsea, bastardy cases, names of parents and children and payments made and received 1822–1835. P74/LUK/112-115, St. Luke Chelsea, Workhouse admission and discharge reg- isters, 1800–1837. P74/LUK/123-139, St. Luke Chelsea, Settlement and bastardy examinations, 1782–1838. P74/LUK/140-147, St. Luke Chelsea, Removal orders, examinations, and bas- tardy orders, 1799–1837. P92/MRY/334, St. Mary Newington, Inventory of the workhouse, 1835. 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