The balloon, 1814 Oct. 22.

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The balloon, 1814 Oct. 22.

Manuscript poem titled The balloon, signed J.M., 22 Oct. 1814. The poem uses the image and attributes of a balloon metaphorically to suggest spirituality.

3 p.

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Montgomery, James, 1771-1854

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The poet James Montgomery was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 4 November 1771. He was sent to the Moravian school (the Moravians are a religious community) at Fulneck, near Leeds, and while there began writing poetry. Work followed in a bakery and then in a store, and then to the offices of the Sheffield Register . Facing prosecution, the proprietor and editor of the journal - a reformer - escaped to America, and Montgomery became the working editor and then the owner of the title which ...