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Letter to the editor of the Mainland Guardian

A newspaper clipping of an article from the Mainland Guardian that consists of a letter written by Philip Jackman on November 18, 1879. In the letter, Jackman contests the City Council’s decision to not grant him one month’s pay for his termination as night watchman and lamp lighter.

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Philip Jackman refutes the allegations of “city wiseacres” on the Municipal Council who reported that Jackman neglected his duties as a lamplighter in this letter to the editor sent November 18, 1879.