Chippenham <1>
5. Feby 1840
Dear Sir,
I have received your two Letters <2> and my appointment and other Documents enclosed –
All County Meetings are held at Devizes as the most Central place in the County – There is very little to be done after receiving the Requisition beyond giving due Notice of the intended Meeting and erecting a temporary Hustings or Platform for the occasion –
I am Dear Sir
Your obliged Servant
West Awdry
The Sheriff is not expected to go in state or in any other way than another <illegible> or County Magistrate.Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Not located.