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thing handsome and plentiful. Elliot I am suio will <iive you a large 

 red flag to be hoisted on a pole near the Bon fire, and some blue coloured 

 tape may be sewed on in large letters "ESSEX." 



Thus talked the woman when she carried her eggs on her head to 

 market. She sat them, she hatched them, she sold them for a crown 

 apiece, and then down she fell eggs and all, and the anticipations of a 

 warm and fruitful imagination were annihilated in a moment; thus, 

 this is the situation of a disappointed Candidate, who is fed up with 

 hopes from those who wish him well. As I am a little better, nothing 

 prevents my setting off for Detroit immediately but the coming of the 

 Prince. He is to be here about the 25th — my fate is to be determined 

 the 28th. 



Leith tells me you have written to me but the opposite party have 

 got hold of the letter because they guessed its contents. Have proper 

 booths erected for my friends at the hustings, employ Forsyth to make 

 large plum cakes with plenty of fruit, etc. Be sure let the wine be good 

 and plenty. Let the peasants have a fiddle, some beverage and beef. 

 If my absence merely should be mentioned as a bar to my election, you 

 may assure the world that if there is time between the return being made 

 and the meeting of the Assembly, I will come up to take the sentiments 

 of the County, and I will annually pay Detroit a visit before I go to the 

 Metropolis to meet the Assembly. 



Forgive me, I worry you out. I have quite an election fever. 

 However, it will soon be cooled, and let the determination be as it will, 

 I shall be perfectly satisfied and equally obliged to all my good friends. 



God bless you and yours, and believe me unfeignedly, faithfully 

 and affectionately yours, 



D. W. SMITH. 



MSS. Vol. 475, p. 12, Burton Library. 



With the hope of finding some definite information to settle the 

 question as to the riding in which he was elected, I made search through 

 the Smith papers in the Toronto City Library through the courtesy of 

 Dr. Geo. H. Locke, and found a book of accounts and vouchers and 

 herewith reproduce two; one the account of the Returning Officer, Sheriff 

 Pollard; and the other a statement of the candidates' election expenses. 

 These accounts are the sequel to the letters. The Sheriff's account is 

 for the election in Essex. It proves that Smith was a candidate in that 

 riding, but it does not prove necessarily that he was elected. These 

 are the only election accounts for 1792 in the collection, and yet that 

 does not cleai"ly prove that there was none for Detroit. If you would 

 know what the "sundries" are you have only to look up in the same 

 volume (B-4) in the Toronto Library the Election accounts of 1796 



