Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891) was a co-founder of the National Secular Society and Editor of the National Reformer. He was responsible for the creation of a secular oath for politicians in the 19th century after he refused to swear the ‘Oath of Allegiance’ to the British monarchy due to its religious foundation. This collection of his papers largely relates to his fight for a secular parliamentary oath.
This resource combines papers relating of two families prominent in the history of Bolton. Both families, the Cromptons and the Heywoods, were involved in Lancashire's rapidly expanding textile industry.
Presents interactive digital archives of life-writings, including Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, John Ruskin, W.E. Gladstone, and Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper, who wrote collaboratively under the name "Michael Field."
Correspondence between 18th century thinkers, writers and their friends and families.
Searchable and browseable database offering extensive access to the web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the long eighteenth century and their families and friends, bankers and booksellers, patrons and publishers. Coverage includes letters and documents, document sources such as manuscripts and early printed editions, scholarly annotations, and links to biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, and other online resources.
