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Letters to the Rev. Mr. Medley, occasioned by his late behaviour while engaged in the performance of divine service (1790). [21] Addressed to Samuel Medley.; Letters to the British Nation: And to the Inhabitants of Every Other Country who May Have Heard of the Late Shameful Outrages Committed in this Part of the Kingdom (1791) [22] first part of a series in the aftermath of the Priestley riots ...
The attack on Joseph Priestley's home, Fairhill, at Sparkbrook, Birmingham on 14 July 1791. The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley.
Priestley's son Joseph Priestley Jr. was a leading member of a consortium that had purchased 300,000 acres (120,000 ha) of virgin woodland between the forks of Loyalsock Creek. This they intended to lease or sell in 400-acre (160 ha) plots, with payment deferred to seven annual instalments, with interest. [176]
William Russell (11 November 1740 – 26 January 1818) was a practical Christian, a practising Unitarian, a Birmingham merchant and a close friend and sponsor of Joseph Priestley, who helped agitate against penal laws affecting English Dissenters and canvassed for a national political union.
Map of eastern Pennsylvania showing important locations for the history of Joseph Priestley and the area. Following the French and Indian War (1755–63) and the forced migration of Native American tribes westward, German, Scots-Irish, and other European immigrants settled in the central Susquehanna Valley, including in the area that would become Northumberland, Pennsylvania. [1]
Lloyd House is a Georgian building situated on Sampson Road. It was built between 1742 and 1752 by Sampson Lloyd, the founder of Lloyds Bank. The building is used as offices by the Bromford Corinthia Housing Association. In 1780, Sparkbrook was the home of Joseph Priestley, one of the founding fathers of
John Smeaton FRS (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. [1] He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist.