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“To our much honoured and worthie Friend, J. Harrington, Esq., at his house at Kelston, near Bathe.
Оглавление“Worthie Sir,
“Out of the long experience we have had of your approved worth and sincerity, our Cittie of Bathe have determined and settled their resolutions to elect you for Burgess of the House of Commons in this present Parliament, for our said Cittie, and do hope you will accept the trouble thereof: which if you do, our desire is you will not fail to be with us at Bathe on Monday next, the eighth of this instant, by eight of the morning at the furthest, for then we proceed to our election. And of your determination we entreat you to certifie us by a word or two in writing, and send it by the bearer to
“Your assured loving friends,
“John Bigg, the Mayor. “William Chapman.
“Bathe.”
There is some obscurity as to the dates; according to Willis, John Harrington sat for Bath 1658–9.
The progress of these negotiations is set down in the diary of the worthy gentleman selected to serve:—
