Freehold Land Movement marks Birmingham meeting progress
The Birmingham Freehold Land Society reports a year of growth with 1,729 members and 9,200 pounds in receipts. It highlights allied societies, calls for a national conference, and defends a bribe attempt against the secretary while praising William Scholefield and the working class origin of the reform.
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The
Birmingham Freehold Land Society
Scholefield
M.P
Birmingham
James Taylor
Wolverhampton
Dudley
Coveneiy
Cheltenham
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Westminster
Pameras
Metropolitan
Darlington
Bunderland
Leicester
William Scholefield
Freehold
Conference of Friends
Newdegate
Bloomsbury
South Staffordshire
North Warwickshire
Small Heath
Taylor
House of Commons
Cobden
Hume
Joshua Walmsley
J.S. Winaur
Brooxze Smith
Court of Common Pleas
Local committee forms to push knowledge tax repeal
A Birmingham meeting endorses abolishing duties on paper stamps and advertisements to widen information access. The Birmingham Association for the Abolition of Taxes on Knowledge is formed with a committee including Baldwin and Hobbs to organize petitions from newspapers printers and schools.
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Patrick O’connor
Mannings
Templemore
Clonmel Chronicle
Tus Newsraver
Stamp Abolition Committee
Birmingham
Baldwin
Birmingham Association For
Mesere
W. B. Smith
Hobbs
Osborne
Murphy
Holland
Stewart
Dodd
Baker
Harwood
Price
Goodwin
Presentation to Elihu Burritt at Manchester
A Manchester gathering of peace and reform advocates presented Elihu Burritt with a vellum framed address before his return to the United States. Notables present included Joseph Sturge, John Bright MP, Sir Elkanah Armitage, and Amaza Walker. Burritt acknowledged the compliment at length.
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League Rooms
Manchester
Friends of Peace and Financial Reformers
Elihu Burritt
United States
Joseph Sturge
John Bright
M.P
George Wilson
Kershaw
J. B. Smith
Elkanah Armitage
Burritt
Peace Advocates Hear Burritt Before His U S Departure
A large Birmingham gathering at Ebenezer school rooms on Steelhouse Lane heard Elihu Burritt outline his work for Peace and Universal Brotherhood. He described progress from Brussels and Paris Peace Congresses and noted French government hospitality and Sabbath accord for delegates. The audience honored Burritt, and he hoped to deepen support in the United States before returning home.
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BrrMmya Ham M
Friends of Peace
Ebenezer
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
Elihu Burritt
United States
Joseph Sturge
Great Cause of Peace
Universal Brotherhood
Brussels
Belgium
Paris
Versailles
St. Cloud
Frankfort
Burritt
Union
Paricidal Outrage in Chiswick Involves Monkhouse Son
Henry Monkhouse, 27, a sailor and son of Captain John Farmer Monkhouse, hired a cab to his father’s Chiswick home. After visiting pubs, he attacked his father at the door, fired two shots, then fled in the cab. He was arrested at Ealing, denied identity, found with pistols and ammunition, and remanded after magistrate questioning. Zebulon Carr and son fired at a thief in Killamarsh. Henry Widdowson remains in gaol awaiting trial.
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Scotsy Mnis Son
Chiswick
Henry Monkhouse
John Farmer Monkhouse
Minories
Monkhouse
Ealing
Yorkshire
Zebulon Carr
Killamarsh
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