To the independent freemen of the city of Rochester.
Allen, John Ward, 1741 or 1742-
[Rochester : printed by Thomas Fisher?,
1790]
"A freeman" = William Robinson, whose handbill here referred to is the 'To the worthy and independent freemen of the city of Rochester, as various insinuations and assertions have been propagated ..'.
Hampden, junior = John Ward Allen.
In support of George Best and the Marquis of Titchfield, candidates for Rochester in the 1790 parliamentary election.
Signed and dated: Hampden, junior. Rochester, June 17th, 1790.
Text begins: "Gentlemen, the various insinuations and assertions, which a freeman this day so scurrilously, but falsly complains of, are, you very well know founded on the firm basis of truth: ..".
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