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The Varieties of Deference in Eighteenth-Century America

The Varieties of Deference in Eighteenth-Century America The Varieties of Deference in Eighteenth-Century America RI CH AR D R . B E E M A N University of Pennsylvania Epigraphs: Some Election Day Commentaries Sheriff: Gentlemen Freeholders, come into court, and give your votes, or the poll will be closed. Freeholders: We’ve all voted. Sheriff: The Poll’s Closed, Mr. Wou’dbe and Mr. Worthy are elected. Freeholders: Huzza—huzza! Wou’dbe and Worthy for ever boys, bring ’em on, bring ’em on. Woud’be and Worthy for ever! Worthy: I’m much obliged to you for the signal proof you have given me to-day of your regard. You may depend upon it, that I shall endeavor faithfully to discharge the trust you have reposed in me. Wou’dbe: I have not only, gentlemen, to return you my hearty thanks for the favours you have conferred upon me, but I beg leave also to thank you for shewing such regard to the merit of my friend. You have in that, shewn your judgment, and a spirit of independence becoming Virginians. —Robert Munford, The Candidates (1770) The election was unanimous and will I hope always be such, as making parties and divisions among the inhabitants can never be for their interest. —Sir William Johnston http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press

The Varieties of Deference in Eighteenth-Century America

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Copyright © 2005 The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
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The Varieties of Deference in Eighteenth-Century America RI CH AR D R . B E E M A N University of Pennsylvania Epigraphs: Some Election Day Commentaries Sheriff: Gentlemen Freeholders, come into court, and give your votes, or the poll will be closed. Freeholders: We’ve all voted. Sheriff: The Poll’s Closed, Mr. Wou’dbe and Mr. Worthy are elected. Freeholders: Huzza—huzza! Wou’dbe and Worthy for ever boys, bring ’em on, bring ’em on. Woud’be and Worthy for ever! Worthy: I’m much obliged to you for the signal proof you have given me to-day of your regard. You may depend upon it, that I shall endeavor faithfully to discharge the trust you have reposed in me. Wou’dbe: I have not only, gentlemen, to return you my hearty thanks for the favours you have conferred upon me, but I beg leave also to thank you for shewing such regard to the merit of my friend. You have in that, shewn your judgment, and a spirit of independence becoming Virginians. —Robert Munford, The Candidates (1770) The election was unanimous and will I hope always be such, as making parties and divisions among the inhabitants can never be for their interest. —Sir William Johnston

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Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal – University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Oct 23, 2007

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