L30/15/15/2

From N. Draper to Frederick Robinson:

2 Oct 1786

From: 1786 To: 1786

Ripon Post. Copy of Petition enclosed [present]. Sent to Draper by Waddilove. Lord Clarendon has received Robinson's letter according to Mr. Todd who has just arrived from the Grove, therefore most likely to be appointed at next board. Recommendation under the Seal of the Corporation arrived today. Mr. Ashworth's proposal [not stated] to be considered when Robinson comes to Town. Thinks it cannot be complied with. Petition for Christopher Turner, bookseller, to be appointed PostMaster for Ripon. Signed Peter Taylor, John Pearson, Lowther Rutter, W. Smith, Thomas Terry, Jns. Stevenson, Henry Spence, Ann Kidd, Thomas Dowson, Thomas Wilkinson Junior, Jas. Neesom, Thomas Scruton, Robert Watson, Matthew Watson, W. Coldbeck, Richard Howorth, Thomas Shaw, Francis Smith, John Ewbank, William Lawrence, John Terry; Mayor, William Grimston; Alderman, Robert Darley Waddilove; residentiary, William Bell; Alderman, J. Hutchinson; Alderman, Thomas Wilkinson, Alderman, Thomas Preston, M. Delafont, Philadelphia Dering, Christopher Oxley, Thomas Walker; Alderman, C. Snowdon & Son, John Lister, Richard Hinde, Thomas Horner; Alderman; Charles Harrison Junior, Attorney at Law.

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Draper, N.,
Waddilove,
Clarendon,
Todd,
Ashworth,
Turner, Christopher,
Taylor, Peter,
Pearson, John,
Rutter, Lowther,
Smith, W.,
Terry, Thomas,
Stevenson,
Spence, Henry,
Kidd, Ann,
Dowson, Thomas,
Wilkinson, Thomas,
Neesom, James,
Scruton, Thomas,
Watson, Robert,
Watson, Matthew,
Coldbeck,
Howorth, Richard,
Shaw, Thomas,
Smith, Francis,
Ewbank, John,
Lawrence, William,
Terry, John,
Grimston, William,
Waddilove, Robert Darley,
Bell, William,
Hutchinson, J.,
Wilkinson, Thomas,
Preston, Thomas,
Delafont, M.,
Dering,
Oxley, Christopher,
Walker, Thomas,
Snowdon, C. & Son,
Lister, John,
Hinde, Richard,
Horner, Thomas,
Harrison, Charles

Ripon, petitions, post master, Mayor, alderman, attorney at law