This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Public affairs overview and social notes from Britain
A London report notes Lord Stanley avoids reopening public questions while Gladstone performs at Hawarden. A Friends deputation discusses slave trade with the Foreign Office. Faraday's library sale is planned in Leicester Square. Alderman Whetstone dies, a Liberal leader in midland counties. Rumors link Lord Stanley to reforming purchase and War Department, countered by Cabinet tensions. Samuel Morley’s illness prompts rest, Beales cites concern. Harl Russell to publish a Letter on Ireland. H C KH Childers to become Financial Secretary for India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Hawarden
W. E H. Gladstone
Society of Friends
Josiah Forster
John Hodgkin
J. B. Braithwaite
Lord Stanley
Foreign Office
Professor Faraday
Puttick and Simpson
Leicester Square
Alderman Whetstone
Leicester Corporation
Whetstone
Midland Counties
London
Manchester
War Department
Horse Guards
Lord Derby
Samuel Morley
Reform League
Beales
Morley
Harl Russell
Chichester Fortescue
Ireland
H.C. KH. Childers
M.P
Pontefract
Mr. Massey
India