Letter II. To the freemen of Alnwick. My good friends and brethren, I told you in my first and introductory letter, that I believed I could let you a little into the reason of the Four and Twenty's not being favoured with any answer from the great man to their proposals for the division and improvement of the moor, ...
Richardson, Robert,Clerk of the Council.
[Alnwick : printed by T. Alder,
1781]
Dated at head: "December, 6, 1781".
Place of printing and printer's name from the colophon of the first letter.
Signed at end: "An old Craftsman", i.e. Robert Richardson, junior, clerk to the Alnwick Council.
The "great man" = the Duke of Northumberland.
The second of seven letters published between 28 November 1781 and 1 February 1782 (cf. C. Clark Burman, 'An account of the art of typography as practised in Alnwick from 1781 to 1815', Alnwick, 1896, pp.10-11).
Title from drop-head title and opening lines of text.
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