Description | Testimonials to the character of John Fairweather, including:
i) a testimonial dated 15 October 1842 signed by: - William Dawson farmer - John Cornforth carpenter - William Meggeson miller - Stephen Hunton gardener - James Willson farmer - Peter Bentley labourer - Georg[e] Eles labourer "We have wrought with John Fairweath [sic] apart of 2 years and never nothing but right"
ii) letter from Richard Fairweather formerly of Arden and now of Bagby, enclosing the above testimonial to the character of his son aged 16 years, charged with obtaining five and a half pounds of mutton from a butcher at Thirsk by false pretences
iii) letter dated 20 October 1842 from Thomas Newton of Knayton. He has known John Fareweather [sic] for many years and always believed him to be a strictly upright and honest young man |