To the person who writes Benevolence. It is usual for the people of my persuasion to begin their addresses with Friend, but, that appellation belongeth not to thee, for thou hast not the truth within thee [electronic resource].

[Pontefract], [1768]

1 sheet ; full-sheet.

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On the left half is the 'To the person who writes Benevolence', signed: Aminadab Hotspur; and on the right 'A new song. Tune --- There was a jovial miller liv'd on the River Dee.', the sheet possibly meant to be divided in half.
The first line of the song is "From India late a nabob came".
Both Aminadab Hotspur and the song attack John Walsh, the "nabob", and his followers, John Walsh having tried to use his burgage votes to overwhelm the independent voters in the 1768 Pontefract parliamentary election, the tactic provoking a riot and the request by the independent voters to Sir Rowland Winn to stand as a candidate.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.

This piece could relate to the 1784 Pontefract parliamentary election but the song suggests that John Walsh is a stranger: "A nabob come from eastern climes,/which yet I never saw," and "From India late a nabob came/to try on Yorkshire ground,"

English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T191847

Great Britain -- England -- Pontefract.

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