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his sojourn among us, by his election, though 

 a comparative stranger in the town, to the ho- 

 nourable situation of President of the Sub- 

 scription Library, which office he filled in the 

 year 1819. 



The " Biographical Dictionary of the living 

 " Authors of Great Britain and Ireland," pub- 

 lished in 1816, contains the name of Mr. JOHN 

 WILSON, formerly an eminent solicitor and notary 

 public in this town ; but this is an error, as Mr. 

 Wilson died on the 9th day of December, 1798. 

 He was born on the llth of September, 1758, at 

 Aldbrough, in Holderness, and practised here 

 for nearly eighteen years previous to his death. 

 In 1792, he published "A short Treatise on the 

 " Law relative to Arbitration," containing ad- 

 judged cases, with an appendix of precedents : 

 it was printed at Hull, and for many years was 

 the only work on the subject of which it treats. 



The Rev. ROBERT WEBSTER, Rector of Thorp 

 Bassett, and Curate, during a period of thirty- 

 eight years, of the Holy-Trinity Church, was a 

 native of Beverley. He published, in 1771, 

 "A Sermon preached on Whitsunday, in the 

 " Church of the Holy -Trinity of Kingston-upon- 

 " Hull;" and, in 1781, "A Discourse, delivered 

 " in the Church of the Holy-Trinity of Kingston- 

 " upon-Hull, on the 2 1st of February, 1781, the 

 " day appointed for a general Fast.'* Mr. Web- 



