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sheet, so I hope to fill this sheet before I have dun writing. Every letter I have from your lordship costs 7 pence. The fiirst thing I shall begin with is — elections. Last Thursday we had a great meeting at Barnsley, the great Mr. Wortley, Mr. Wentworth of Wooley, and some gentlemen from Sheffield and Darfield. Mr. Wentworth sent for me and Mr. Travis and we went all over the town of Barnsley, and I hope we got the better half of the voters. We had a good diner and every one payd their shares and then parted, and to-morrow Mr. Wortley and Mr. Wentworth goes to Sheffield, and layd their commands of Mr. Travis and me to meet them their. So Mr. Travis and I have considerd that he shall go and I stay at home, for its of a Munday and a good excuse for me, it being our sale day in the woods.

This time of election will soon bee hear, and I cannot write to your lordship above once or twise before it begin, and shud be glad to have your orders about the tenents and other people that is for your lordship intrest. Abraham Rock he will want a horse, and two more at Barnsley that will want horsis. It will bee of great expence if your lordship was to treat those people yourself and yeet more I doubt if you was to make a purs with Mr. Wortley or Mr. Wentworth. Mr. Travis will go with all your tenents and friends about Wentworth Castle and Barnsley at the time when Mr. Wortley and Mr. Went- worth goes, and that will bee of the 15th instant; and I believe that very day all Wakefield that is for Sir Miles goes. Their is an old man they call Johnson your lordship tenent that lives at Wakefield, he will want a horse to Yorke ; or elce I think they ar all rich enough at Wakefield too bear their oune expencies. Mr. Travis I doubt will want mony, but he is modest and dus not say any thing ; I am afraid his tenent dus but pay him badly. We both appear for your lordship, and is as sparing and as carefuU as we can, and what orders your lordship gives us we shall take care not to exseed.

Yesterday after the other partys had heard so many gentle- men had been for Sir Miles, came Sir Rowland Winn and all his crue of people too Barnsley, and a great diner at Tom Hacksworth's, but we had ours at your lordship's inn at

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