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      necessary ; and now that I am acquainted with the characters of the subscribers , I would suggest an alteration in the title which escaped me before , and without which it could

      not be received ; viz . to omit " on behalf of themselves and others tcko agree with them , " because the House will not receive a petition on behalf of others taho do not sign . It would then stand as tlie petition of the undersigned Protestant Dissenters , who

      consider absolute liberty of conscience respecting religion to be the unalienable right of all men . As I think the term Christians too large an expression , I would alter it for Protestant Dissenters , and then it would stand as I have marked it above . It would

      not be correct in me to make that alteration , but you and the subscrU bers might authorize any person so to alter it in London , which would save the trouble of sending" back the petition .

      With every good wish for the free and universal influence of the gospel , I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient servant , ERSKINE . The Rev . Thomas Howe .

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      he is personally acquainted with a considerable number of those persons whose signatures are affixed to the

      petition , and will no doubt very readil y do the needful for them . I have the honour to be , my Lord , in the name of the petitioners , your Lordship's most respectful and obedient servant , THOMAS HOWE .

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      412 Correspondence between the Rev . T . Howe and Lord ErsAine .

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      Bridport , Feb . 28 , 1812 . My Lord , That you should be made acquainted with the character , stations and religious denominations of the subscribers to such a petition as was sent to your Lordshi p from Bridport to present to the House of Lords , is

      evidently and highly proper . I am v&ry sorry , therefore , that by my omission to give you at first a particular description of the petitioners , you should have the additional trouble of writing to make the inquiry . Immediately

      on receiving your letter I called on some of the most respectable of the subscribers to the petition , who unite with myself in presenting to your Lordship our sincere thanks for acceding in so obliging a manner to our

      proposal . With respect to the mistake in the title which you have pointed out as necessary to be corrected , I have by this day ' s post wr itten to Mr , Gurney , to request that he would have the goodness to call on your Lordship and make the requisite alteration . As he was for some years the Recorder of - Bridport ,

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      2 , Upper Grosvenor Street , Sir , Feb . 29 , 1812 . On reading your letter over again , I observe that members of the Established Church ( which I rejoice to see ) have signed the petition ; it

      cannot , therefore , he stated as the petition of Protestant Dissenters . It may then very well stand as it is , and the rather as I find from my friend , Lord Grey , that he has a similar petition of Christians . Perhaps * as the Catholic petitions are shortly coming before the House of Lords , the effect of

      yours and that of others would be more powerful and useful if then presented , and if you will give me leave , I will confer with Lord Grey on the subject . Whilst writing the above the post brought me your letter of the 28 th .

      I will speak to Mr . Gurney whom I know intimately , and who is in all respects a most excellent and sensible man . You may depend upon my doing every thing in my power to give effect to the petition , and I have the honour to be , Sir , your faithful , humble servant , ERSKINE .

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      Sir , May 23 , 1812 . I am favoured with your letter . * The petition which I had the honour of receiving from Bridport , I presented , and stated most particularly and distinctly who the petitioners were , of which I had received the most

      satisfactory information from my friend , Mr . Gurney , your former Recorder . Nothing can be more excellent than the language in which tlie important object of the claims of all classes of Christians is expressed . I have ttye honour to be , Sir , your faithful humble servant ,

      ERSKINE . * A letter merely of inquiry at the request of Mr . WyviiL

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/28/