Letter from John Ponsonby to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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Concerns: a request for patronage for Mr Leeson for the Thomastown vacancy; the Bishop of Waterford's objection to Lady Burlington's recommendation of Mr Dawson; a recommendation for William Blakeny to be ensign in General Bakeny's regiment; the Cavan election ongoing. Written from Dub[lin]. Signed: "John Ponsonby".

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