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 foreign affairs. I think no more of Elections, only I shou'd be glad to know whether there is any Hopes of getting some of our Country Party return'd among the sixteen.

Your Lordship sees the Numbers of our County Election in the News-papers but I must lett you know the reason how Mr. Chester came to be so far before my son. In the first place when we sett out last year he was thought so far behind that we took all the Pains we cou'd to sett him forwards, and afterwards Stephens either out of Policy, or out of Pique to me, threw all the Votes he cou'd upon Mr. Chester, and turn'd severall who had promis'd my son either to vote single for himself, or give their second Votes to Mr. Chester ; besides which we find about 2 or 300 voted single for Mr. Chester upon some mistaken notion or other, but as it happen'd my son had still a Majority of 654 and it wou'd have been made up 700 if we had not clos'd the Poll. I beg pardon for troubling your Lord.ship with this long account but we are very proud of our Victory, it being to be observ'd that there have not been two Torys sent up out of this County not ever since the Revolution, and only 2 or 3 instances that one has got in.

��[Rev. David Traviss.]

York, May 18, 1734. My Lord,

We have great hopes of Sir Miles's success. Mr. Wortley joining him adds vastly to his intrest. The Poll last night stood thus

I'm

Your lordship's most dutifull chaplain.

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