Manuscripts
1845-1937
- Description
- The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including 1 volume and 2 volumes of diaries) and documents related to the blasphemy and libel trials of Richard Carlile, Jane Carlile, and Mary Anne Carlile. Other topics in the collection include the liberty of the press in Great Britain, Carlile's religious views, and prison conditions in Great Britain.
- Production date
- 1819-1900.
- Call number
- mssRC 1-621
- Provenance
- Purchased from Mrs. Norman F. Stevens, 1936-1938.
- Associated people
- Campbell, Theophila Carlile. (1817-1906.)
- Carlile, Eliza Sharples. (1779-1866.)
- Farrar, Squire. (1771-1854.)
- Holyoake, George Jacob, (1784-1844.)
