Research Catalog

Title

John Bright manuscript material : 3 items, 1861-1878

Author

Bright, John, 1811-1889.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Clark, W. H.
• Atheneum Club, addressee.

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

3 items

Summary

• · To a W. H. Clark : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Apr 1878 : (MISC 0427) : thanking him for both the check and his approval of Bright's political views. "There is no news this morning -- I am tired of the Paper. The Times is showing itself cowardly as usual ..."
• · For an unknown person : 1 autograph note signed : 19 Apr 1861 : (MISC 0426) : admitting the bearer to the gallery of the House of Commons. Mounted on a cut-out album leaf with an albumen print photograph portrait of Bright (8.5 x 5.5 cm).
• · To the Atheneum Club : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1869 : (MISC 0425) : enclosing a check for his entrance fee and subscription.

Subjects

• Politicians > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Bright, John, 1811-1889 > Photographs > Specimens
• Bright, John, 1811-1889 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Bright, radical British politician. Somewhat of a national hero in his life, Bright, a Quaker, was considered the most effective radical Parliamentary speaker of the Victorian years. He was celebrated by proponents of British liberalism for his nonconformism, his involvement in the Anti-Corn Law League, his opposition to the Crimean War, and his leadership of the reform movement in the mid-1860s.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

76945477

Author

Bright, John, 1811-1889.

Title

John Bright manuscript material : 3 items, 1861-1878

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

John Bright, radical British politician. Somewhat of a national hero in his life, Bright, a Quaker, was considered the most effective radical Parliamentary speaker of the Victorian years. He was celebrated by proponents of British liberalism for his nonconformism, his involvement in the Anti-Corn Law League, his opposition to the Crimean War, and his leadership of the reform movement in the mid-1860s.

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Added Author

Clark, W. H., addressee.

Atheneum Club, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS