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4 g $ ^ fe ^ lev proved to the ^^ of ^ e JSir Priestley to whom our jfait ^ wa * ^ tended . ; " ^ i&Ve Ja ^ a nptfbeen long Within tlije i (» isfirbefor € i ^ J \ lr » Priesiley introduced i ^ tf t his wife , ^ nd w , hen *> e told her i ^^ l ^^ l ^ d ^ to seie ttyem out of fej ^ i ^ pf jtpup cjiaracjer . o £ his brother , ^ Wp ctor ^ the , good old woman burst
i gjbiteafs an . d ^ ohj ^^ d violently . This Ij ^^ j oujr ^ very much , astonished us , # a& the more so , because she was for a Jjang , tune quite unable to speak . jHowever ,, wfeetx the good old lady could articulate , sjbie apologized for her iweatoess by saying that •« she could , B « yer hear the name of that good man
( meaning » JDr . Priestley ) mentioned , vyitt ^ out being overcome in a similar ' Wy ^' . r ^ --. ¦¦ . . . . , TJiis sudden , unpremeditated , invo-Igntary ,. tribute to the memory of an excellent individual , whom we both
esteemed , struck us exceedingly , so Hjuch so ( hat both of . us were glad to sit down , to talk further with these good . old people , and inquire more of Jtt # ir history . , uiJ ^ uring the course of the converSa i im * J learnt that fylr . Priestley , if he
iiv ^ 4 £ q the , end of that week , would he eighty years of agej and that his , * i ( ijfe , the individual whom I have aljeacl y . spoken of as being eo singularly ^ tftec ted at the mention of Dr . Pries tley ' s n&xte , was in her eighty-fourth ., Mr- J ? riestfey told me , that he ¦ bad . bad . thirteen children b y his present wife , an 4 that one of his daugh-^ rs h& 4 fifteen children . He said he had now only five children living , viz . ;« &ree sons and two daughters , and tUj ^ t his . sons are all married , and have
^ ch niany childrep- He added ,, that rjjiejaad no > v living nearly fifty grand' W biMren ,, and nupre than twenty great W ^ f ^ hua ren . Tlie old man told * ne also , £ ha £ l ^ e was liealthy and well , « te 4 * £ till able to walk to the
Dissent-. ^ g ^ iape ) at I ^ ickmondwicke , which fo \^ ° ' ^} e $ 'di ^ tan t from his house , nWRY § und ( ay , and back agai n * n ^ riMfy , $ pjfat ]< ffl ^ d his wife both " * & % SP .-ft , ' ^ iplressing invitation to r ^ fttioi ffi oY ^ i ^ i eir d | nner . but this our P ffof «* igagenieht 6 pr ^ rerrted its frpm , ^ ceptinfi # When ^ e were taking ¥ W&&m ftbou ^ t ^ 9 depart , Mr . Pries ^ - 'J ^ iu n ^ 9 qii of Mr . JbsKua Pri est-* fy * zopi i t fefy j ^ ihdly , that we s ^ oulft mmHft $ lsQ M 1 && tlie buxial pla <^
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of Dr . Priestley ' s father and some of his more remote ancestors ; as ^ rfikny oT them wejre interred hi MBir ^ tal cnurch-y ^ rd ; and he would walk with us ' and show us , th ^ 'spot-with pleasure . This ' offer we accepi ^^; and in our walk-to the churchy ha 4 l
a ggood deal of Ctmversation with Mr . Priestley , jun . whom we found tb fee a sensible and well-informed man , for the sphere of life in which he moves . £ While we were in the chureh-yaid , we were joined by a youth of eleven years of age , a son of Mr . Priestley ' ^ , a smart , livel y little fellow ; and wnen I asked him his name and he replied , Joseph Priestlev , his father added ,
with great animation and much selfcomplacency ; that as he wa $ born about the time that Doctor Priestley died , they had thought it right to name him Josef > h after him and in remembrance of him .
From the retired manner in which Mr . Joshua Priestley appeared to live , I was apprehensive that he might be in straitened circumstances , and therefore took the liberty of questioning his son on that point ; who immediately said , that he had great pleasure in informing me , that his fattier and
mother were as comfortable as to the state . of their pecuniary affairs as their best friends could wish ; adding , that the Doctor had taken care of that , he having given them some canal shares , which had made them as
independent as their circumscribed wants required . I ajm glad to have it in my power to make the public acquainted with this circumstance , as it redounds very much to the credit of Dr . Priestley , especially as it is vvnell known that he had several children of his own to
provi 4 e for , and was htniself neVer rich . The intimate friends of Dr . Priestley were well acquainted- ^ with his generous temper and disposition , but I dp not think that this particular instance of his benevolence was known
to any of them , I doubt , * indeed , if it was ' known to his son , M r * Joseph Priestley , for if it had , he surely could not have omitte ^ l , ' m 'the * Mexnoirs which he published , ' to have iien-• tiorS ^ S a circumstance -so highly hon"' duratiTe to the mem ^ y of . a revered and beloyejj father . l ^ lii ^ the ^' church-yard , of BirstaJ , our at ^ jitioA was directed to < three -h ^ ndsom e tombs / made entirely off stone ,
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who be . B I Mr . Parties $ Account qfa Visit to irstoL JDr . * rieptley * s Native Place . 275
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/23/
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