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NHG-P.769.012
21 Apr 1769:22,23 (654)
London, Feb. 17. About twelve o'clock yesterday Mr. Wilkes
was re-elected Member for the County of Middlesex, by the
unanimous voice of at least two thousand of the most
respectable freeholders, who, notwithstanding it proved a
very wet day, attended at Brentford, at their own expence,
early in the morning, to support his re-election, lest any
candidate, in the interest of the court, should have been
attempted, by a party, to have been surprised upon the
county, at the hustings. . . [8 lines about the election]
Every thing was conducted with the most remarkable peace and
good order; and when the re-election was declared, there
were the most loud and unanimous shouts of applause. Too
much cannot be said in praise of the Freeholders, who, to
preserve order, went in small bodies; many were preceded by
music, to shew their joy at the opportunity they had to
testify, in the most effectual manner, their strict
adherance to the rights and privileges of Freeholders in
electing the man they like. . . [19 lines of news about Mr.
Wilkes]
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