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CG-NL.768.025
10 Jun 1768:41 (239)
London, April 2. A genuine letter from Aylesbury in
Buckinghamshire, to a gentleman in London, dated March 30th,
1768.
This day about noon we received the news of Mr. Wilkes's
election for the county of Middlesex, by a great majority.
The inexpressible joy that appeared among the inhabitants in
general is not to be conceived; the bells were immediately
set a ringing, and continued upwards of twelve hours, and
every inhabitant of the town appeared with a blue cockade in
his hat, interwoven with the words "Wilkes and Liberty";
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