Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851

Henry Currie, Esq., M.P., West Horsley, Surrey.

Thomas Edward Dicey, Esq., Claybrook Hall, Lutterworth.

William Fisher Hobbs, Esq., Boxted Lodge, Colchester.

Edward John Hutchins, Esq., M.P., Eaton Square, London.

Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., M.P., Great George Street.

Colonel George Alexander Reid, M.P., Bulstrode Park, Bucks.

William Tite, Esq., F.R.S., Lowndes Square, London.

William Wilshere, Esq., The Frythe, Welwyn, Herts.

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notes

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Appeal of Injured Innocence, p. 462.