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THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP
FROM
Old England's Worcester to New England's Worcester.
The Britannia brought over the following “Friendly Address” from Old England's Worcester to
our
Worcester. It is printed and circulated gratuitously through the town, that our fellow citizens may not only peruse its brotherly words, but compare its brotherly
names
with those common to this village and vicinity. It is hoped that a response will go back showing our brethren across the water the unanimity of sentiment existing in the twin Worcester on the subject of Peace and War.Elihu Burritt.
The Inhabitants of Worcester, England, to their Brethren of Worcester, Massachusetts, U. S. A.
Friends and Brethren,
—It is with pain and deep sorrow that we have viewed the probability that the peace between your government and ours may be broken. War under any circumstances is a dreadful calamity! still more especially would it be between two countries so intimately connected as are England and America: it would bring disgrace on our pro??ssion of Christianity, and must be attended with disastrous effects to both nations in respect to the disturbance of our growing commercial and political relations. We entreat you to remember that God made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on the face of the earth in peace and concord; and be it ever gratefully commemorated that the advent of our Savior was ushered into the world with peace on earth and good will towards men. May you and may we respond, in word and action, to this heavenly language:—let our common Christianity and our consanguinity unite us in a firm bond, which no adverse circumstances or comparatively petty interests may be ever suffered to sever. With a firm belief in the pacific disposition of both nations, and that their respective governments will yet be enabled to settle the controversy in a manner at once just and honorable to all parties concerned, we look forward with hope to the future, and now subscribe ourselves
Your friends and well-wishers,
William Lewis, Mayor
Charles Sidebottom, Police Magistrate
Richard Evans, Magistrate
Christopher Henry Hebb, “
Francis Hooper, Magistrate
John Hill Clefton, Magistrate
R. Yapp, Magistrate
Jos. Hall, Magistrate
Henry Rush
James Tree
William Leicester
Jonathan H. Leicester
J. & W. Cotterell
James Mason Jr.
T. Herbert
William Wilks
Charles Osborn
Daniel Davies
Thomas Williams
Clement Adlington
A. J. Lawrence
R. W. Hamilton
William Meuce Jr.
James Chamberlain
Henry Coney
Maurice Davis
Josiah Jones
Walter Davis
John Grainger
Samuel Darke
N. B. Tymb
W. Slade
Richard Hadley
George Baldroyn
John Baldroyn
Richard Stokes
T. J. Nimpson
Edward Davis
James Lett
R. S. Cooper
A. Beeshon
Joseph Grainger
James B. Rading
William Balford
James Hopkins
Henry Mayer
Henry Gatehouse
George Parker
William Ordeker
Joseph Palmer
Thomas Tayrton
W. Barnes
H & W. H. Hobbs
John Stallard
Sackville Davis
Jonathan Tymbs
Thomas Daniel
Joseph Farr
R. Sherwood
T. H. Cowell
C. Raws
Thomas Price
Richard Haywood
William Bowen
George Allsup
T. Preston
J. Reece
John Hopking
Charles Gwynn
James Mason
George Littleton
William Weaver
Samuel Savage
William Woods
Robert Chase
H. Woodward
James Tomlins
I. F. Lowe
W. Winchester
Charles Chamberlain
A Hevers
H'y Smith
G. Wall
W. W. Butcher
Robert Wynne
Richard Hill
Chas. & Thos. Collins
William Wood
W. C. Boyce
William Webb
J. Merton
William Flinn
Henry Moore
Ephraim Norman
Charles Mantell
William Spriggs
Henry Curtis
William Taylor
V. N. Perrins
W. Vekey
William Spriggs Jr.
C. Hunt
C. Delvise
John Price
John Hide
Charles Creswell
Josh. Mountford
Charles Whitmarsh
Moses Levi
John Lord
W. H. Jessop
W. D. Lingham
W. F. Corbett
G. W. Y. Lewis
Thomas Snig
Francis Derry
Edwin Parsons
Samuel Dancer
William Skerrow
John Davis
James Bond
John Gray
James Latham
Edward Dyke
Thomas L. Drew
Jeffery Jones
William Lane
Henry Davis
Richard Constance
George Josiland
James Bristow Ser.
Benjamin Millon
John Sprang
William Hartin Jr.
Henry Francis Sefton
David Coudis Jr.
Thomas Leonard
W. Farmer
Benjamin Bell
W. S. Jeays
Charles W. Newth
Jas. Hazelton Collard
T. Clapham
M. Wonkett
William Windwood
Jonathan Bevan
Thomas Rice
Joseph Rogers
John Bevan
George Baylis
T. W. Hendley
Thomas Jones
James King
William Perks
William Stephens
Thomas Stokes
James Pain
Joseph Bateman
James Bristow Jr.
Francis Dorces
C. Y. Brothening
E. Leonard
H. Hack
R. G. Heming
T. F. Brookes
W. A. Parrish
J. N. Corbett
C. Y. Bolkhemen Jr.
Martin Abell
John Hall
Thomas Westcombe
John Hawkins
William Parry
Henry Preen
Joseph Preen
P. Loughton
William Pearce
Timothy Mason
T. Hughes
J. Winnvord
John M. Gutch, Magistrate
John Dent, Magistrate
William Pierpont, Magistrate
Jno. Hill, Town Clerk
John Davis, Chamberlain
William Thompson, Alderman
C. N. Helm, Alderman
Richard Padmore, Alderman
A. H. Jones
H. P. Wyddeston
E. I. Thomas
Tho's Charles Tuberville
George Darke
Edward Williams
James Keatly
Henry Neal
Richard Garatt
Geo. Thomas Everett
Robert Newman
Thomas Ingham
Wm. B. Rouce
Thomas Cook
Isaac Arrowsmith
Richard Scriven
Charles Doward
John Hanman
John Jones Jr.
Thomas Veale
Matthew A Purssoint
E. Scott
David Kendall
G. Smith
G. S. Harrison
Thomas Painter
William Cope
Edward Thomas
John Hetcher
Richard Turesond
Joseph Paul
James Morris
E. Y. Downes
J. F. Ackman
John Meek
Richard H. Rea
George Caldicott
Robert Ackville
Wm. H. Barnesley
Jeffery Darke
Robert R. Tucker
Frederic Crowe
Henry Whiting
Henry George
John Bell
John Mister
Wm. Ballantyne
Edward Webb
Willed Gardner
John Bralee.
Jonathan Owen
John Young
Arthur Wells
Wm. Smith
J. W. Scott
G. Cummins
Samuel Bray
T Hasker
Joseph Thuff
Josh. S. Hanson
Charles Johnson
Jas. Redfield
Jas. Roberts
W. H. Wells
C. Beddoe
Jas. Brown
John Philpotts
James Evans.
James Edwards
James Baylis
Edward Patridge
H. Chapin
Philip Brooks
G. Haswell Oakly
Joseph Orchard
George Hall
John Merrick
Edward Wister
Henry Brooks
D. W. Baylis
Wm. Aldridge
T. Thrympton
Jonathan Banks
Moses Farmer
R. T. Woodward
Joseph Malpas
R. Clarke
Geo. Clarke
John Burrow
James Smith
Wm. Penn
John Matthews
William Johnson
Samuel Bickley
E. L Mountford
W. W. Ross
Jos Baylis
Henry Giles
Benj. Darke
E. Spinner
H. Burrow
Thos. Howker
Charles Cole
Joseph Walker
John Parker
John Berington
Jos. Vallen
Wm. Thomasson
Richard Clarke
Charles Adams
Joseph Potter
J. Watson
Wm. Powell
J. W. Hawmen
J. S. Knott
Nathaniel Miles
S. Bennet
C. Green
Wm. Hill
Joseph Bennett
Wm. Bennett
Geo Story
John Stringer
Samuel Mower
William Sparks
John Price
William Littlebuy
John Wales
Martin Wales
Peter Bevington
Edward Hamsworth
Wm Allen
Henry Bevington
Charles Baker
Thos. Bevington
W. Howell
Henry Raymot
Thos. Hanbury
John Griffin
Henry Adams
C. Rhitington
Francis Woodward
G. W. Pearson
D. Longstreeth
Robert Sargant
C. G. Guthridge
W. Taylor
H. Booth
William Hill
James Plum
Joseph Clarke
James Marsden
John Randall
James Penn
Joseph Wells
Joseph Ranford
Matthew Alforth
John Thomasson
John Hampton
Joseph Russ
Thomas Rose
John Collerick
William Ranford
George Owen
C. Rea
Henry Hill
Edward Birbeck
Henry Baylies
C. Bedford
William Miles
P. J. Cooke
Cha's Hastings, M. D. Alderman
Edward Evans, Alderman
Thomas Chalk, Alderman
W. H. Havergal, Rector of St. Nicholas
George Redford, D D. L L D.
John Lilly, Alderman
H. D. Carden, Surgeon
J. Colville Curate of St. Swithins
William Leicester
George Birley Jr.
W. Loveriase
Henry Perkes
Edward J. Hensworth
Joseph J. Humby
John H. Wilks
William Corbett
Joseph Hammond
Alfred Palmer
William Price
Samuel Shorn
Charles Wasford
James Grainger
James Lloyd
H. Nichols
J. A. G. Vincent
Jonathan Cother
R. F. Warren
Albert Noke
Joseph Williams
George Anderson
Edward Giles
John Darke
J. Jones
Charles Woodard
Charles Haden
Frederic Parry
Alfred Powell
Robert Baker
Wm. Hill
Edward Brooks
Henry O. Harwood
W. Lane
John Hall
Geo. Haynes
W. Watkins
Edward Price
Chas. Doodley, Jr.
G. Cottmann
John Austin
Joseph Fisher
John Rushton
Wm. Caldicott
Thos. Fred. Knott
Josh. Perkins
G. P. Collins
Richard Wilson
H. Southam
R. V. Lewis
Thos. Witherington
J. Bowers
James Turner
Wm. H. Edwards
George Appleyard
P. Jones
Geo. Birley
H. Baker
F. N. Gosling
E. Kirk
J. Jones
F. A. Wale
C. Blakewoz
W. W. Harrison
John Davees
William Davis
John Billington
Henry Meril
J. W. Sherwood
Albert Miles
John Munslow
Robert Wheeler
George Cræroft
John Packmen
J. Higgs
Charles Hussey
James Walter
Jno. T. Jones
John S. Sanders
Wm. B Hooper
J. B. Norriss
Edward Hooper
James Tyler
Richard Dighton
C. A. Adkins
Wm. Stephens
Wm. Wells
Jno. Shuard
John Thrupp
Thomas West
Henry Wood
Jas. Gibbs Jones
L. J. Hughes
Wm. Robinson
Joseph Yarnald
Geo. Palmer
Richard Gauderton
Richard Brookes
Ezekiel Brookes
John Martin
Abrahim Martin
John Bodgs
Wm. Phillips
Henry Hilliard
John Guison
John Perks
Charles Holland
George Kornscroft
Thos. Checkets
Benj. Helf
John Davees
Thos. Ballard
William Evans
Charles Evans
Charles Nicholls
Charles Mence
Wm. Billings
George Billings
John Pritchard
Geo. Billings
Thos. Williams
Benj. Sands
Geo. Lewis
Henry Thomas
Geo. Clarke
John Poole
Henry Manwaring
Benjamin Bilbs
John Green
Frederick Bilbs
John Rose
F. Fisher
D. Harding
Charles Treame
Robert Mud
John Terrins
Wm. Band
Thomas Gries
Jno. Powell
J. H. D. Egville
Henry Walter.
Frederick Chaye
Chas. Wilkes
J. Gibbons
Edward Smith
Edmund Amph
Joseph Harlow
Geo. Jas. Miller
Henry Perkins
Thos. Walter
Vincent Cooke
Wm. Thompson
Thos. Billington
Robert Dunn
George Barmoro
Samuel Jones
J. Sheffield
Charles Preen
Frederic Tree
John Campbell
Charles Porsons
William E. Palmer
Edward W. Palmer
Thomas Oates
John Mason
Hugh Gynes
Henry Lufland
Wm. Hottham
Robert Gillman
John Height Gillman
Charles Pidcock
Thos. Newman
Jonas Malden M. D.
Stanley Pumphrey
H. Mamson
John Pumphrey
Thomas Simmones
Thomas Price
Thomas Wilks
Joseph Willind
David Wheeler
George J. Foxton
John Roberts
George Dicks
O. J. Hoyd
George Oldnall
Thos. Price
Richard Spence
Geo. Poole
Thos. Burlingham
Joseph Roberts
Robert Markham
Henry Bradley
Edwin Woodward
George Walton
T. B. Santoma
Geo. Parry
Edward Todd
Henry Grainger
Thos. White
Jas. Atkinson
Joseph Stephens
Edward Kennard
William Maks
William Glover
Gregory Borastop
H. Holden
Joseph Huxford
William Salkald
Eleader Williams
Thomas Smith
Walter Chamberlain
Heming St. John
William Price
Thomas Carter
Joseph Kingstone
George Brecknell
Hayden Smith
Henry Tyler
Thomas Burlingham
John Perkins
Richard Arnett
James Hands
Henry Davis
William Firkins
Robert Lotham
John Jenkins
Henry Wood
Stanley Wood
Charles Teague
William Combs
William Bull
Robert Edwards
Henry Amphlett
Geo. Heulings
Thos. Foster
Frederic H. Harris
James Whiteside
James Davis
Nathaniel Clapton
Charles Price
Jno. Irens
Henry F. Plevy
William Thorp
John Kingston
W. H. Dorr
William Davis Jr.
B. B. Lay
W. Combs
Wm. Evans
William Munn
James Coward
Wm. Goff
John Wood
Aaron Wood
Howard Dovey
Wm. Dovey
Joseph Scragg
Moses Gough
Wm. Street
Geo. Waters
Edward Brewin