To the worthy freemen of the city of Oxford. Gentlemen, after having been unanimously nominated by the council of this city, and a very respectable body of the freemen, as a candidate to represent you in the ensuing parliament, I little expected to have been deserted by some of that assembly, ... on account of a groundless aspersion which has been thrown on the character of a noble person, ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craven, William Craven, Baron, 1737 or 1738-1791.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--England--Oxford--Early works to 1800.

Elections.

England--Oxford.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; 1/4⁰

Place of Publication:

[London], [publisher not identified], [1768]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Signed and dated: William Craven. London February, 25th, 1768.

William Craven, the protege of Willoughby Lord Abingdon (the "noble person") and standing as a candidate in the Oxford parliamentary election of 1768, issuing a complaint aimed at the corporation of Oxford for putting forward other candidates.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T194126.

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