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12 May 1817: The transport of voters in the election of the registrar of deeds at Wakefield

Anne Lister. 1992. I know my own heart. Ed. Helena Whitbread. New York: New York University Press. Get it:

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Monday 12 May [Halifax]
5 chaises, a stagecoach that commonly runs between Leeds & Halifax, the Blackpool mail (a long coach, so called in derision), the Wakefield car, a sort of tea-cart topped something in the same way as a sociable to keep off the rain, all passed here this morning, filled with voters for the Registrarship of Wakefield. The contending parties, Mr Frank Hawksworth & Mr Fenton Scott. The report of this evening is in favour of the former. 2 more chaises passed to Wakefield in the afternoon.

To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

Abbreviations:

  • ER: East Riding
  • GM: Greater Manchester
  • NR: North Riding
  • NY: North Yorkshire
  • SY: South Yorkshire
  • WR: West Riding
  • WY: West Yorkshire

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Monday 12 May [Halifax]
5 chaises, a stagecoach that commonly runs between Leeds & Halifax, the Blackpool mail (a long coach, so called in derision), the Wakefield car, a sort of tea-cart topped something in the same way as a sociable to keep off the rain, all passed here this morning, filled with voters for the Registrarship of Wakefield. The contending parties, Mr Frank Hawksworth & Mr Fenton Scott. The report of this evening is in favour of the former. 2 more chaises passed to Wakefield in the afternoon.

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