Handbill 'To the Nobility, Clergy and Inhabitants of the County and Town of BEDFORD and Neighbourhood'

Handbill headed 'To the Nobility, Clergy and Inhabitants of the County and Town of BEDFORD and Neighbourhood.' Dated 'BEDFORD January 22nd, 1814.' and 'Bedford Infirmary, February 19th, 1814.' ['Printed by J. HAYES, Dartmouth Street, Westminster.'] Yeats has made a minor correction to the text, and has added his London address in manuscript: '3 King Street | St. James's Square'.

The text (dated 'BEDFORD January 22nd, 1814.') begins 'MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN, | At the close of a residence of Sixteen years amongst you, it has become the lot of my life to be removed to the Metropolis.' He thanks 'the first characters in this town and County' for their 'confidence and friendship'. Mentions 'His Grace the DUKE OF BEDFORD, that great and good man and [...] every branch of the House of Russell', along with the Earl of Upper Ossory and Samuel Whitbread. Following this is an extract (dated 'Bedford Infirmary, February 19th, 1814.') from 'a general special meeting of the Governors of the Bedford Infirmary'. Lists the twenty-five individuals present ('THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, in the Chair') and records a motion by Whitbread, 'That the Governors of the Bedford Infirmary cannot part from Dr. Yeats, without conveying to him in the strongest terms, the expression of their unfeigned regret at the determination he has taken to quit his residence in the Town of Bedford [...]'.