James Rigby Correspondence Collection 1848-1858

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James Rigby Correspondence Collection, 1848-1858

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James Rigby Correspondence Collection 1848-1858

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http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1499-rig

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617 items

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eng,

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National Co-operative Archive

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SNAC Resource ID: 6282731

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Owen, Robert, 1771-1858

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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was born at Newtown, Wales to a working family, his father being employed as the local postmaster. From an early age Owen was encouraged to read and debate, and using this knowledge he was able to mentor the younger children at his school. Aged just 10 he left school and was apprenticed to a Mr James McGuffog, a linen draper from Stamford, Lincolnshire, and, according to his Autobiography, he was independent from his parents from this point onwards. ...

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

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Napoleon III (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, 20 April 1808, Paris, France – died 9 January 1873, Chislehurst, Kent, England), the nephew of Napoleon I and cousin of Napoleon II, was the first president of France, from 1848 to 1852, and the last French monarch, from 1852 to 1870. First elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, he seized power in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be re-elected, and became the emperor of the French. He founded the Second French Empire ...

Coningham, William, 1815-1884

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Ellis, Henry, 1777-1869

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English librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Octave Delepierre, 1845 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614089 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "British Museum", to Robert Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614079 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "British Museuam", to G.P.R. James, 1849 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614096 From the description of...

Atkins, Thomas. co-operator

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Leopold I, 1970-1865

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Atkins, William., fl1854

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Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873

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Epithet: of Add MS 37311 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x00006e John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher known for his writings on social and political theory, particularly utilitarianism. From the guide to the John Stuart Mill Letters, 1851-1889, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) British philosopher. From the description...

Electric Telegraph Company

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The Electric Telegraph Company, the first electric telegraph company in Britain, was provisionally registered in September 1845 and officially incorporated as a company by Parliament in 1846. It was set up by William Fothergill Cooke and Joseph Lewis Ricardo to work the patents of Cooke and Wheatstone. The ETC's major growth period coincided with the expansion of the railways in the 1840s by providing electric communication to the railways' signal operators. The company grew rapidly...

Travis, Henry., fl1854

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Holyoake, George-Jacob 1817-1906

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George Jacob Holyoake was an English social reformer. His father was a smith, and Holyoake worked in the foundry, before encountering the socialist ideas of Robert Owen. He became a Chartist and teacher, and also wrote and edited socialist periodicals. Imprisoned for condemning Christianity, he founded the important socialist journal The Reasoner. He also opposed government censorship of the press, and worked for tax reform and other causes. From the description of George Jacob Holyo...

Equitable Labour Exchange

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City of Bradford Co-operative Society

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Cooper, Robert 1819-1868

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Bromiley, A.. , fl. 1852

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Bray, Charles, 1811-1884

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Pare, William., 1804-1873

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Crewe Friendly Co-operative Society, 1845-1969

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Green, Charles., fl1854

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Hatters Assoication

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Saull, William Devonshire, 1783-1855

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Nash, Eliezer. Goldsmith, 1834-1878

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Lindsay, Thomas. manager, fl. 1852

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Finch, John, 1783-1857

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British Museum.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Le Chevalier, A L Jules., 1806-1862

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Travis, Henry 1807-1884

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Nodal, J.H. (John Howard), 1831-1909

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Whitlane Weaving Company

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Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

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Henry Brougham was born and raised in Edinburgh, attended Edinburgh University, practiced law in the city, and co-founded the influential Edinburgh Review. In 1803 he moved to London, becoming associated with the radical left wing of the Whig Party. He also practiced law in London, and was appointed to the House of Commons in 1810, establishing himself as one of the leading radicals in Parliament and holding several important positions. He supported education reform and the abolition of slavery,...

Hole, James., 1820-1895

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Auchinleck Economical Society

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Pemberton, Robert., 1788-1879

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The Illustrated London News, 1842-2003

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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861

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Royal consort of Queen Victoria. From the description of Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, correspondence, 1853-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423552 Places: England Title: Prince Consort of Queen Victoria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000032 ...

Morgan, John Minter, 1782-1854

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Epithet: philanthropist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x00016f Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x00016d ...

Rigby, James., 1806-1862

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James Rigby (1806-1862) was born in Salford. From the age of 7 to 14 he worked in a cotton factory owned by Jospeh Brotherton (1783-1857) and also attended the radical Sunday School provided by him. Many of Rigby's belief's seem to have been influenced by Brotherton who was a strict vegetarian and campaigned against child labour and for a ten hour day. Rigby also became interested in the promotion of working- class self-improvement through the influence of Rowland Detroisier. At the...

Banbury Co-operative Industrial Society

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Robertson, James W. (James Wilson), 1857-1930

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James Robertson was born in Scotland and in 1875 came to Canada where he joined his father in farming and in the management of cheese factories and food exports to the United Kingdom. Robertson was an educationalist and agricultural expert. He participated in many national service organizations and chaired two royal commissions: an investigation into industrial training (1910) and an enquiry into the Sydney labour unrest of 1923. He was Dairy Commissioner for the Dominion from 1890 to 1904. From...

Co-operative League

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Cassidy, Robert. co-operator

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Yorkshire Union of Mechanics Institute

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Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896

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English reformer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Old Square [London], to John Ruskin, 1866 Oct. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269516755 Thomas Hughes, English social reformer and children's writer, best known for his Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857). From the description of Thomas Hughes manuscript material : 2 items, 1871-1872 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430711041 From the guide to the Thomas Hughes man...

Ludlow, John Malcolm Forbes, 1821-1911

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English social reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to John Ruskin, 1888 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590777 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x00014b John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow (1821-1911), barrister, was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Ludlow (d.1821) of the Indian Army. Ludlow played an important part...

Neale, Edward Vansittart, 1810-1892

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Edward Vansittart Neale was born in Bath on 2nd April 1810. His relatives included William Wilberforce, politician and leading abolitionist of the Slave Trade and Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer during the administration of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Oliver Cromwell was also amongst his distant ancestors. Neale was raised an Evangelical Christian, and was educated at home by his father, the Rev. Edward Neale who was the rector of Taplow, Buckinghamshir...

Holyoake, George-Jacob 1817-1906

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McGowan's Printers

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Shorter, Thomas, 1823-1899

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Robinson, Frederick John. (, 1782-1859) 1st Earl of Ripon statesman

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Cox, William. hotel owner

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Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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English scholar and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mrs. Mark's, Temple Gardens, Lincoln, to an unknown correspondent, 1890 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125491 Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910) was an English scholar and editor who helped to organize the Working Men's College. Various organizations he founded include the Early English Text Society, Chaucer Society, New Shakspere Society, Wiclif Society, Browning Society, and Shelle...

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