John Bright manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"19459", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Bright manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1861-1878", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1861/1878"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1861

date_inclusive_end

1878

origination

{"value"=>"Bright, John, 1811-1889", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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 ...\"."}

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1861

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Bright manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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3 items

date_start

1861

date_end

1878

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