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John Wilkes Seeks Re-Election for Middlesex Seat
In a bold call to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Middlesex, John Wilkes declares his candidacy for Parliament. He defends electors rights, criticizes ministerial power, vows to expose wrongdoing, and urges unity to restore constitutional purity, dated February 20 1709 from Sing’s Bench Prison.
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