Letter of the Tenants of the Fleming Estate to John Barton Willis Fleming, 20 Mar 1820
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Letter of the Tenants of the Fleming Estate to John Barton Willis Fleming, 20 Mar 1820, written at the time of the 1820 general election, and signed by 73 tenants. John Willis Fleming was elected for the first time as Member of Parliament for Hampshire.
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To John Fleming Esq.
Sir,
Having heard with surprise and indignation, that persons, for the base purpose of answering electioneering objects, have dared to spread reports injurious to your character as a landlord, --we the undersigned, who have the happiness of being your Tenants within the county, hasten to contradict, in the most unqualified terms, aspersions so foul and unfounded.
So far, Sir, are these reports from having a shadow of truth, that we should feel ourselves wanting in respect both to you and to ourselves, if we did not take this public opportunity of declaring, in the most positive and unqualified manner, that we have ever found you an indulgent landlord, a friend to the poor, and ready upon all occasions to promote the interest and ... [MISSING] ... in the deepest malignity. We are, Sir, with sincere respect and regard.
| Brown Hearn | Sarah Young | William Elderfield |
| Jane Rankins | James List | Richard Withers, Jun. |
| John Austin | Daniel Easement | Edward Attwood |
| Daniel List | Benjamin Hayles | George Smith |
| Jonathan Jolliffe | Mary Barkham | John Withers |
| James Wickendean | Jane Saunders | Frederick Blundell |
| John Wright | Sarah Mackett | Fredk. Blundell, Jun. |
| Richard Young | James Woodmore | John Fox |
| Daniel Barkham | John Feltham | William Tarver |
| George Woodmore | John Hoskins | Ann Fryer |
| William Woodmore | Edward Bridger | William Coward |
| James Rayner | Ann Durman | Sarah Coward |
| James Barton | Richard Durman | Benjamin Rose |
| Hannah Urry | William Kerley | John Vine |
| William Young | William Cooper | James Kerley |
| William Barton | John Durman | Mary Johnston |
| John Denham | John Wallis | Abraham Coombs |
| Richard Ford | John Minall | Anthony Groves |
| William Hayward | John Priddle | Thomas Porter |
| Jane Barkham | Stephen Stride | Richard Webb |
| Mary Seymour | Joshua Nelson | Richard Withers |
| Robert Young | Jacob Gater | James Fryer |
| Barnabas Ford | James King | T. A. C. Hall |
| John Dyer | Henry Cantle | W. H. Lintott |
| William Barton |
