fol. 12.  MS. letter from Lord Sydney, Whitehall, to Henry Duncombe, London, 6 May 1789.

Sir,

        I have this Day had the Honor of presenting to the King the Address of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denominations in the West Riding of the County of York which you delivered to me congratulating His Majesty on the Happy Reestablishment of His Health; and I have the satisfaction of informing you that His Majesty was pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner.

        I have the Honor to be

                        Sir,

                            Your most obedient

                                        humble servant

                                                                 Sydney

[Note in Wood’s hand at bottom: “Letters to & from members of Parliament relative to the Test Act.”]