To the nobility, gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of the county of York. The death of the late respectable High Sheriff of this county having rendered it impracticable to obtain a County Meeting, ... the under-named gentlemen, ... do earnestly request the nobility, ... of the county of York, to meet at the Assembly-room in York, on Thursday the 30th of December, 1779, ...
[York,
1779]
One of a number of papers produced between 1779 and 1782 by committees of concerned citizens in the counties of York, Surrey, Hertford, Huntingdon, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Devon, Nottingham and the City of Westminster, assembled to petition Parliament for democratic reforms. The Committee of Yorkshire, chaired by Christoper Wyvill, seems to have taken a leadership role in this activity. The collected papers were published by Wyvill as 'Political papers .. ', York, 1794-1802.
Signed at end: W. Chaloner, Esq; Rev. Mr. Wyvill, [and 26 others].
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