| Description | This file includes the following documents:
/1. Parchment agreement between Matthias Attwood, banker and the proprietors of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Company for the purchase of thirty acres of land in Kings Norton to form a reservoir, with compensation to Attwood, 1815.
/2. Manuscript notes: brief notes regarding Irish history by John S Harriott, 4 Mar 1833, given to Thomas Attwood;
/3. Financial account of the Trust of the late Mr Monkhall, 4 Aug 1835.
Newspapers, viz: /4. The Birmingham Independent, 3 Jan 1828, with a letter to Thomas Attwood; /5. Printed article on the causes of Irish Distress by Thomas Attwood, from the Birmingham Journal, 2 Jul 1831; /6. The Sun, 17 May 1832, with details of the Reform Meetings and Attwood in Coventry; /7. The Birmingham Journal, 19 May 1832, with details of Reform meetings; /8. The Birmingham Journal, 26 May 1832, with detail of the reception of the Birmingham deputation in London; /9. The Birmingham Journal, 14 Dec 1833, with details of the celebratory dinner provided by the electors for Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield; /10. The Birmingham Journal, 20 Sep 1834, with details of with details of the dinner held for and speeches made by Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield; /11. Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 12 Jan 1835, with details of the nominations of parliamentary candidates for Birmingham, including Thomas Attwood; /12. Article on The Currency by Thomas Attwood from Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 30 Jan 1843; /13. The Illustrated London News, 3 Jul 1858, illustrating Queen Victoria's visit to Birmingham; /14. Birmingham Daily Mail, 17 Dec 1879, with an account of Thomas Attwood and the struggle for parliamentary reform; /15. Page from Bell's Weekly Messenger, 6 Dec nd.
/16 - 26. Manuscript and printed political songs and music including national songs and songs to ‘Polish Patriots’ some written by Constantia Louisa Reddell with music by Emily Jane Reddell, 1833
Printed items: /27. Minshull pedigrees, 1869; /28. Print of Aston Church Institution, Villa Street, Lozells, nd.; /29. Map of the boundaries of the borough of Birmingham, nd. 'presented gratis with the Birmingham Journal'.
/30. Print from a daguerreotype of Thomas Attwood, aged 62, taken in 1845, 1885.
/31. Black and white photograph of The Exchange, Birmingham, with, on the reverse 'E.M.A. from A.W. Christmas 1865'.
/32 - 35. Three colour photographs of Thomas Attwood’s gravestone at the burial ground of St Mary's church, Hanley Castle taken in 1976 and note with details of inscriptions. (35 items) |