Petition from Thomas Besford, formerly of the sea service.
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Dated at 4 the Match Walk, Ratcliffe Highway, requesting Clive's influence with Lord North to obtain a post in the Customs and Revenue. Lord Clive is acquainted with the author's father.
Dated at Mr Enery's, Beamont Hall, near Redburn and St Albans. The author requests aid and protests at his treatment by Clive's porter on a previous occasion when, having delivered a petition, he tried to discover its result.