Earl Haddington's Election List of Candidates for the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum Election list (printed) of candidates for places at the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Bow Road, for the Board, Clothing, and Education of the Children of Merchant Seamen, Deceased; election to be held at the "London Tavern", Bishopsgate Street, 31 Aug 1846. The list includes the names and brief biographical notes of five girls and thirteen boys of which a total of twelve are from East London. The list is addressed in manuscript to the Rt. Hon. Earl Haddington, former first Lord of the Admiralty, 43 Berkeley Square. He was entitled to 36 votes but the ballot paper is unused. 1846