The poll for a representative in Parliament for the county of York : in the room of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Visc. Morpeth, deceas'd : begun at the castle of York on Wednesday the 13th of January, 1741 : George Fox, esq. and Chomley Turner, esq. candidates, Sir Lionel Pilkington, bart. High-Sheriff.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Yorkshire (England)

Contributor:

Chandler, Richard, -1744, printer.

Ward, Caesar, printer.

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting registers--England--Yorkshire--Early works to 1800.

Voting registers.

Penn Provenance:

Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Binns, John, -1796 (inscription) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Firth, Joshua, 1744-1803 (former owner) (inscription) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[2],168,174 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Manufacture:

York : Printed by Ward and Chandler, booksellers ..., 1742.

Fingerprint:

m,e, s,m, r,h, BeBe (3) 1742 (A)

Contents:

Names of the freeholders who voted for George Fox, esq. 1741

Names of the freeholders who voted for Cholmley Turner, esq. 1741

Notes:

In two parts, each with separate signatures and pagination.

Signatures: pi1 A-X⁴ A-X⁴ Y⁴(-Y4).

Woodcut head- and tail-piece.

Erratum on page 168 (first count).

Laurence Sterne's vote for Cholmley Turner is recorded on page 148 (second count).

Local Notes:

Day Sterne Collection copy has pen tests on verso of back free endpaper and back pastedown.

Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.

Day Sterne Collection copy has 18th-century manuscript provenance note ("Joshua Firth bt. of Jno. Binns Leeds 1782 pr. 1/6") recording the purchase of this volume by Joshua Firth (1744-1803) from bookseller John Binns of Leeds (-1796) on front free endpaper.

Cited in:

ESTC T44001

OCLC:

1127250455