Sir, The place of porter's man to Bridewell Hospital, being again likely to become vacant by the death of Philip Wagland, late junior beadle, permit me to solicit the favor of your vote and interest to succeed to that appointment, in case a vacancy should take place. I beg leave to inform you, that I have been upwards of twelve years barber to the hospital, and have for some months officiated as porter's man during the illness, and since the death of the late porter; and, I trust, my conduct in those situations has been such, as to merit the approbation of the governors who have superintended the prisons; ... [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Wm., fl. 1797.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridewell Hospital--Early works to 1800.

Bridewell Hospital.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Place of Publication:

[London : s.n., 1797]

Notes:

Dated at head: Bridewell Hospital, Feb. 1797.

The letter concludes with a blank space for insertion of the signature; the Bodleian copy is signed: Wm. Townsend.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T198901.

OCLC:

509673601