A Letter from Timothy Sobersides, Extinguisher-Maker, at Wolverhampton, to Jonathan Blast, Bellows-Makers, at Birmingham
London: J. Johnson, 1792. First Edition. Fictitious letter highly critical of the recent Priestley Riots that took place from July 14 to 17, 1791, in Birmingham, during which religious Dissenters, led by Joseph Priestley, were attacked and their homes and churches burned with slow government response to their pleas for..... More