Excerpt from Life of Robert Fairfax of Steeton: Vice-Admiral, Alderman, and Member for York A. D. 1666-1725 When he retired from active employment a oat, he became an alderman of York and a member for the city. Among the documents in these old boxes there are lists of the poll, petitions to Parliament relating the irregular proceedings at the elections, and numerous letters from electioneering partisans. The period they cover is from 1712 to 1717. There are also bundles of letters relating to the purchase of an estate, ...
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Excerpt from Life of Robert Fairfax of Steeton: Vice-Admiral, Alderman, and Member for York A. D. 1666-1725 When he retired from active employment a oat, he became an alderman of York and a member for the city. Among the documents in these old boxes there are lists of the poll, petitions to Parliament relating the irregular proceedings at the elections, and numerous letters from electioneering partisans. The period they cover is from 1712 to 1717. There are also bundles of letters relating to the purchase of an estate, manage ment of trusts, settlement of boundaries, and other private affairs. Here, then, buried in these boxes, and gradually mouldering away from damp and age, was the life story of a man who had played an active part in his genera tion, and had played it well. He had seen much service, had held honourable positions both a oat and on shore, and had acquitted himself worthily. This question arose Were these materials for a distinguished officer's life - story to be thrown aside, to be left for another century in their worm-eaten recep taeles, until they finally rotted away with age? The question caused me to hesitate and re ect. I remem bered the saying of a great writer, 'there has rarely passed a life of which a faithful narrative would not be useful.' I thought that there was a great deal in the life of Admiral Fairfax which would be of general interest, and much that is curious and worth preserving from a literary point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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