| Description | Includes lists of freeholders for 1784 which gives place of abode and where freeholds lie for:
Helmsley, South east part of Ryedale, Welburn, Appleton Moors
The following are (canvassed and includes extra columns 'D. Wil. F. Wed.')
Kirbymoorside, Oswaldkirk, Rosedale, Helmsley, Wombleton, Lastingham and Hutton, Bilsdale, Cropton, Farndale
'List of freeholders whose inclinations are for Mr Henry Duncome and Mr Wm Wilberforce Esq', (seven names on list)
Printed electioneering leaflets supporting Henry Duncombe and William Wilberforce nominated as joint candidates to represent the county', also Gallway and Milnes and Lord John Cavendish and Sir William Milner and others.
Letter from M Atkinson to Sir William Strickland, discusses Mr Allan's Bill and the election, nd.[1784]
Printed political cartoons supporting Duncombe and Wilberforce showing a fox in a trap and a fox on the precipice of a deep pit [1784]
'An authentic list of all the members of the House of Commons', 1784
'A new song' a satirical poem which contains a verse on each prospective candidate.
'An alphabetical list of the members of the Committee of Association for the county of York' |