An Authentic Account of the "Priestley" Riots in Birmingham 14th to 17th July 1791. Also The Judges Charge, The Pleadings of the Councel and the Substance of the Evidence Given on The Trials of the Rioters and an Impartial Collection of Letters, etc, etc. (Eric S Quayle's copy)

Court Transcript.

Published by J. Belcher (For the Compiler), Deritend (Now Birmingham), 1791

About this Item

76 pages with uncut edges and in the pale blue sugar paper boards, bookplate of "Eric S. Quayle, Greensleeves, Sutton Coldfield 1960" inside front wrapper, title page quite grubby, contents clean but with some light foxing to the last few pages, last page has a darker foxed mark. tall slim octavo (in this uncut state). *Joseph Priestley was outspoken in his views on the American Revolution and the French Revolution, both of which he favoured, after the riots which started on the 14th of July when he was attending a meeting of the Lunar Society, saw the Protestant Dissenters riot and burn his house down and other dwellings in the vicinity and he was forced to flee to America where he spent his last 10 years. He was a natural philosopher, a chemist and a grammarian on top of being a theologian and causing the occasional riot.

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• Title: An Authentic Account of the "Priestley" Riots in Birmingham 14th to 17th July 1791. Also The Judges Charge, The Pleadings of the Councel and the Substance of the Evidence Given on The Trials of the Rioters and an Impartial Collection of Letters, etc, etc. (Eric S Quayle's copy)
• Publisher: J. Belcher (For the Compiler), Deritend (Now Birmingham)
• Publication Date: 1791
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
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