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Religion, Ideas & Beliefs
A Portrait of Rev. Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher and Reformer Born into a Yorkshire wool manufacturing family in 1733, Priestley was… read more »
A Portrait of Samuel Galton jnr
Samuel Galton Junior: Industrialist Samuel Galton junior was born in Birmingham in 1753, the son of the… read more »
Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Letter to Aris’s about Dr. Priestley and the Birmingham Riots
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Birmingham. Friends and Fellow Townsmen, IT is with extreme concern… read more »
Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Request from Dr. Priestley for return of letters lost in riots
To the Printer of the Birmingham Gazette. SIR, I DO not now write to complain of my… read more »
Armenians en route to the United States of America
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
Back entrance of Woodbrooke, with group gathered outside
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
Letter from Samuel Galton, jnr to The Friends of the Monthly Meeting in Birmingham
To the Friends of the Monthly Meeting at Birmingham:— RESPECTED FRIENDS, I have been visited on the… read more »
Sermon on the Slave Trade by Dr Joseph Priestley
A SERMON on the subject of THE SLAVE TRADE; delivered to a society of PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, at… read more »
The Attack on Baskerville House
Image: Baskerville House, Residence of John Ryland Esq., from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication was republished… read more »
The Attack on Priestley’s House at Fair Hill
Image: The Rev Dr Priestley’s House and Laboratory, Fair Hill from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication… read more »
The Attack on the New and Old Meeting Houses
Image:The New Meeting from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. The publication was republished by Arthur Bache Matthews,… read more »
The Attack on William Russell’s House at Showell Green
Image: The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green from The Riots at Birmingham, July 1791. Image by courtesy… read more »
The Burne-Jones Windows at St Philip’s, Birmingham
Image: Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham. The photograph shows the extension to the chancel of 1884 at… read more »
The Controversiad: A Poem
Frontispiece of the Controversiad by Gregory Dominic. THE CONTROVERSIAD; OR, A TIP AT THE RUCK. A POEM.… read more »
The Lunar Society and Education
Image: Lunar Society member, Samuel Galton junior, who educated his daughter, Mary, according to Priestley’s ideas. Image from: Local… read more »
