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Feb 10 /44
Dr Sr
Havg recd fr you as Chrn of S Cttee a <illegible deletion> copy of his address to ye Elrs a few days ago
I beg to say in wtg that I mean to shall vote for <illegible> & excnt friend Mr Sotheron at on ye prest electn occasn
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Feb 10 /44
Dear Sir
Having received from you as Chairman of Sotheron’s <1> Committee a <illegible deletion> copy <2> of his address to the Electors a few days ago
I beg to say in reply that I mean to shall vote <3> for my <illegible> and excellent friend Mr Sotheron at on the present election occasion <4>
Notes:
1. Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Bucknall Estcourt (1801–1876), MP for North Wiltshire from 1844 to 1865.
2. Not located.
3. See Doc. No: 07658.
4. The election of an MP for North Wiltshire.