A copy of a letter from Brian Fairfax esq; dated, London July 23. 1696. Fairfax, Brian, 1633-1711. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B22806 of text R227678 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B22806 Wing F110A Interim Tract Supplement Guide L.R.305.a.7.[1] ESTC R227675 ESTC R227678 ocm99887459

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 eng Thompson, Edward, -- alderman, of York -- Early works to 1800. Poor -- Services for -- England -- Early works to 1800. Political crimes and offences -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A copy of a letter from Brian Fairfax esq; dated, London July 23. 1696. . Fairfax, Brian, 1633-1711. 1696 1 209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-03 Sampled and proofread 2014-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Copy of a Letter from Brian Fairfax Esq ; Dated , London July 23. 1696.

MY Lord Godolphin this day took notice in Councell of a Passage in one of the Newes Printed papers the last Tuesday July , 21st . Either the Post Boy or flying post or some of them ? Wherein he published a Notorious Lye , Concerning an Alderman of York , that had Received Six hundred pounds to Distribute amongst the Poor of that City , and keeps the five Hundred pounds to himself . By this ( Says my Lord Godolphin ) he seems to accuse an honest worthy , Gentleman Alderman Thompson Burges of York ; and if he had named him , the Authour of the Scandall , ought to have been prosecuted with the utmost Severity for it 's a malitious falsehood , and no ground for it , for there never was any Sume paid to any man upon that Account . This gave my Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury occasion , to Speak of the Services you have done the Goverment &c. And his Grace bid me acquaint you with this , with his affectionate Service to you .

Yours , Br : Fairfax .