Correspondence, 1860-1885.

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Correspondence, 1860-1885.

Correspondence including letters from Richard Cobden, George Jacob Holyoake, John Bright, and others concerning political and international affairs and Mosesworth's writings. Topics include British history and foreign policy, the political aspects of the Oxford and Irvingite movements, and the dissolution of Parliament in 1831.

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Great Britain. Parliament

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The Ashantee (also spelled Ashanti) Invasion of Britain's Gold Coast protectorates began in December 1872. British forces responded with their own expedition and invasion of the Ashantee nation in January 1874, resulting in the Battle of Amoaful and the destruction of Kumasi. From the description of British Parliamentary papers on the Ashantee Invasion, 1873-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 586073390 With the execution of Charles I on January 30, 1649, th...

Holyoake, Jacob.

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Molesworth, William Nassau, 1816-1890

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Epithet: Reverend; historian; of Add MS 44406 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000129 British clergyman and historian. From the description of Correspondence, 1860-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030196 ...

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865

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Richard Cobden, English textile manufacturer and politician. From the guide to the Richard Cobden manuscript material : 1 item, ca 1843, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Cobden was born in Dunford, Sussex, England on June 3, 1804; became a middle-class manufacturer and MP, advocating free trade, non-intervention in foreign affairs, an end to aristocratic misrule, and a variety of radical political reforms; became intere...

Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...