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Title
Diary of Thomas Collier
Date free text
1794 - 1810
Production date
From: 1794 To: 1810
Scope and Content
a)Front Diary mainly accounts of Sermons preached at the Kettering meeting. Collier was baptised 25 October 1795.
Ref to Mrs Timms brother losing £200 of Rutt of London failings in trade (1796) cloud over Collier family (1802) "Struck with view of my sinful and worthless life"
Back of book
b) Miscellaneous Extracts
1) Advice to a Young Tradesman written by an Old Tradesman, taken from Dr Franklin's Essays Vol 2.
2) 'Paper'. A poem by Franklin
3) Extracts from the Preceptor volume 1 exp re Elocution
4) Extract from Dr Priestley's heads of Lectures on Experimental Philosophy
5) Signs of several pages torn out
6) Table of the solar system including distance of planets from the sun etc
7) Poem by Collier entitled Kettering Links "a rough uncultivated romantic pies of ground called the 'links' was a favourite haunt of the author, its enclosure gave birth to the following linesNovember 1804
8) Obituary by Collier (Published Northants Mercury of 11 Oct 1806) for Capt Roger Tomlin, late of Kettering who died at Messing of Fever, July 1806 aged 26 He was of 35th Regt of Fost and assistant Adjutant General to the British Forces in the Mediterranean wounded at Maida, Siciliy where having saved the life of General Compere, received his submission Library Books with T Collier and those circulated to him (in cover)
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