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Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
3 items
Preferred Citation
John Bright manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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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 ...".

Biographical/historical information

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.

Scope and arrangement

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.

Using the collection

Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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