Sir, Permit me to solicit your kind suffrage in support of my application to the Court of Common Council, for the place of principal land coal meter of this city, now become vacant by the death of my esteemed friend, Mr. Richard Dixon. I beg leave to state, that I have been a member of this corporation for the long period of twenty-five successive years; and that (upon my voluntary resignation) my worthy constituents of the ward of farringdon within restified their approbation of my conduct, by honoring me with their public thanks

Sir, Permit me to solicit your kind suffrage in support of my application to the Court of Common Council, for the place of principal land coal meter of this city, now become vacant by the death of my esteemed friend, Mr. Richard Dixon. I beg leave to state, that I have been a member of this corporation for the long period of twenty-five successive years; and that (upon my voluntary resignation) my worthy constituents of the ward of farringdon within restified their approbation of my conduct, by honoring me with their public thanks.

Author/creator	Parish, Edward
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[London] : [publisher not identified], [1799]
Description	1 sheet ; 1/4⁰.
Supplemental Content	Full text online
Subject(s)	Voting--Early works to 1800.

General note	The letter concludes with a blank space for insertion of the signature; the Bodleian copy is signed and dated in MS.: E Parish. Ludgate Street, 21 Octo. 1799.
General note	Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References	English Short Title Catalog, T199084.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/form	Letters.

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