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 ��[Sir John Lister Kaye.]

Grange, Noveinber 4, 1733. My Lord,

I am favour'd with yours and was very sorry to hear of your disorder at Wakefield, which I hope is pretty well gone off, as your lordship intends for London so soon. The account Lord Bruce gave you of a majority of our friends was fact, and at that time, as appear'd under Mr. Turner's hand, in one letter I saw to Sir J. Bland, he declared he would not join anybody. There was another letter from Mr. Turner to the other people, as Sir J. Bland inform'd me, to the same effect. We named Sir Miles Stapleton (after having sent to desire the other gentry to come, and staying there an hour for them, and two hours after the time appointed in the advertisement), who was unanimously agreed to by very near sixty of us ; and the next day Sir Harry Slingsby and I were deputed to wait upon Sir Miles, who agreed to under- take it, and that evening Sir H. S went home to take

care of his neighbours, I stay'd with Sir Miles when we fix'd the Circular letter, and sent it immediately for the press. The next morning I went to dine with Sir Harry, and in the evening we visited a very handsome number of Freeholders that were desired to meet at Knaresbrough, who were all very hearty with us, and by several of Sir Harry's emissarys we found that neighbourhood mighty hearty. It was dark when I got home last night, and have promised Sir Miles to meet him at York on Tuesday night next to visit the Freeholders there. This morning I have sent him copys of the Poll Books, which I had taken with a design to have printed them. If your lordship wou'd see the originals I have them and wou'd send you them for three or four days. I am obliged to be at a funeral to morrow and shall go part of the way to York from thence. I had a list of all in Wakefield which I'll endeavour to find this afternoon which, with the Books, if I find it, I will leave out if your lordship wou'd have 'em. As all the friends to the Excise scheme are as hearty for

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