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two horsiss die, it will make the journey so much dearer. I cannot tell what Mr. Traviss has spent, but he has lost his horse, he was stole I believe out of the stable the first night, and I left him at York in a sad freat. Their was three horsis kild or died one night at York. Mr. Wortley tenents has two horsiss by us that is allmost dead, but this is owing too carelessness. I lent two of your lordship's old horsis, and sent them to grass at Streethousess, whear they was well taken care off, and is no worse at tall.

I have found your lordship's letter dated the 14th instant, and you mention that if Sir Miles looses the election you will be rail'd at, and if he caryes it your lordship expects no great thanks ; but I cannot think no such thing, for Sir Miles was pleas'd to see us, both Mr. Travis and me, and I am sure I took as much paines as any man, and rid to Wakefield all night and fetcht up all the old men I cud git ; and indeed so did everybody that was consern'd, and if we had not been so very active as we wear we had lost the day. Mr, Phipps he hopt about and told every body Mr. Wortley woud come in before Sir Rowland ; and I will do him justice that if any body axt what number your lordship sent in, he crackt and lyed well enough, and so did Mr. Travis, so that nobody did know how meney or how fue we had. I cannot say but your lordship will come pretty well of, and if you had joyn'd any of them more mony had gon, and woud not have lookt no better then what your lordship did by sending Travis and me ; and as we have got in Sir Miles their no danger but he will return his thanks to every body at his proper time, and so farewell elections. ....

[Rev. David Traviss.]

BARKE,/mie I, 1734. My Lord,

On Wednesday last I accompani'd Sir John Bland and Mr, Wentworth of Wolley to York. There was really a very great appearance of Gentlemen in the interest of Sir Miles Stapylton. The day following the Sheriffe publickly

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