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Democratic appeals flood 1783 Irish canvass pages
A long roster of candidates and appeals from 1783 shows Irish county freeholders urging support for parliamentary nominees. Letters from Dublin and distant counties praise independence, pledge loyalty to Ireland, and solicit votes for regional figures in Leitrim, Mayo, Antrim, Cavan, Galway, Louth, Down, Meath, Westmeath, and other counties with named supporters and vowed duties to Parliament.
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Leitrim
Canier
Grattan
Adam
Ireland
Dublin
Indiepenseu Dublin Volunteers
Oliver Miller
Corps of Independent Dublin Volunteers
Charles Henry Coote
Cavan
Iema
Weil
Candorf
Georleman
Olic
Leitrion
T. Clements
Sackville-Brect
Seth
County of
Antrim
Eleonora
Louth
Dondalk
Ibn Foster
Thomas James Fortescue
Fermanagh
Arthur Cole Hamilton
Wiliam Irvine
Art. Brooke
Armagh
Thos. Dawson
Kildare
John Wolfe
Couney
Down
Myvell
Tang
War County
London
Kilwarlin
Edmund Kirwan
Richard Martin
Queen's County
Sam
Gradlemee
J Parnell
Preehotda
Wenbearns
Wedlmerth
Reyne
Marge Ant Coate
County
Meath
Tan
Hanover
Woo
Rgwley
Doblin
Galway
Charles Lambert
Faulkner
Dublin Eyes
Col. de Barts
Ott
Cant Loughres