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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 05, 1775
Page
2
A narrative recounts a Bristol Guildhall gathering on September 23 criticizing Mayor Hotchkin for partial conduct in proceedings on American affairs. It asserts citizens’ rights to debate, condemns the chairman’s actions, and publishes a petition from merchants and gentlemen urging reconciliation with America while warning of war’s costs. The text ends with signatures of John Wilkes as mayor and local officials.
At a meeting of the Livery of London in Common Hall on Friday September 29 1775 Mr Deputy Piper reported that at a prior Livery meeting of the Half Moon Tavern Cheapside on Monday evening last the members agreed to propose an address to the Electors of Great Britain about the present alarming public grievances. The address was read after a motion and question, and it was resolved that the address read be entitled The Address of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Livery.
The sheriff of Middlesex is pressed to reveal the freeholders who requested a meeting at Mile End on September 25. The list includes many tradesmen and property holders such as Joan Sawdridge, Atkinson Buth, John Hisford, William Smeeton, James Robinson, Thomas Hawes, Job Jones, William Handy, John Eastop, William Farrington, William Stone, Richard Way, Henry John Marcal, Aldermen Ball, and others with holdings in Turkey Street, Ratcliff Highway, and Well-close Square. The document notes the reluctance to declare names and blames dissenters for obstructing the declaration.
A Middlesex Freeholder argues that many who demand meetings reside in malt tenements rented for four to fifteen pounds annually. He claims their influence, aided by a pliable sheriff, can quickly assemble a mob capable of disrupting county peace.
A protest by numerous freeholders of Middlesex against the Mile End meeting of September 25 1775. They object to Crown charter limits, claim charters must follow British law, denounce inflammatory instructions, and cite improper voting and misrepresented sentiment. Names of signatories are listed.
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