Barrington, William Wildman, 1717-1793 to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

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GLC#
GLC01450.724.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
August 9, 1786
Author/Creator
Barrington, William Wildman, 1717-1793
Title
to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Place Written
Donington Park, England
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Letter written by Lord Barrington to Lord Sydney as British Home Secretary, an office he held from 1783-1789. Barrington is enclosing a letter that solicits Sydney's appointment of a Mr. Akers as Chief Justice of the island of St. Vincents (see GLC01450.724.02 for the enclosed letter). Barrington said he wrote Mr. Colton, a friend who had asked Barrington to use his influence with Sydney, saying that he does not solicit or recommend for posts, but that he would forward his letter to Lord Sydney, which he does here.

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