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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)KWH/Q/892
TitleDoggerel verse written by a Scotsman against injustice and the Corporation of Newcastle
Extent1 item
DateEarly 19th century
DescriptionVerse in rhyming couplets commencing 'Blest is the man that wisely doth the man's case consider / For when the time of trouble comes the Lord will him deliver' and ending 'I am but a poor Scotsman but I'm spirited indeed / The Corporation of Newcastle most bitterly shall bleed'; the names of Layton and Dr Dodds are mentioned: appears to relate to a legal injustice
Undated

[Probably written by the author of verses KWH/Q/891: could refer to the matter of the keelmen of Tyneside 1809/1811; Nathaniel Clayton was the Town Clerk of Newcastle,]
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