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Memoir of the late William Russell , Esq .
WILLIAM RUSSELL , Esq ., whose death was annouticed in the last Number , [ p , ] was born at Birmingham , on the 11 th November , 1740 . He was formerly concerned in the exportation of tti ^
manufactures of Birmingham and Sheffield , to Russia , Spain and the United States of America , with which last country his family before him had been long ; connected . The records of the town of Birmingham will bear
witness to the numerous objects of public interest to which his efforts were directed , such as the improvement of the adjacent roads , the better paving of the streets , the erecting an hospital , and forming a public library . On all affairs of importance he took a diligent and zealous part , ' and such was his ability as a speaker and his
knowledge as a man of business , that he was frequently invited to preside at the meetings of his townsmen * Fpr many years he was an active magistrate for the county of Worcester , as sometime after his marriage , which took place in 1763 , he had fixed his
residence in that county , at Show ell Green , within two miles of Birmingham . Mr . Russell was rendered more particularly conspicuous by his strenuous and undaunted support of civil
and religious liberty , his efforts to assist in obtaining the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts , and his intimacy with that great philosopher and most excellent man Dn JMestley , who , in his Memoirs , published in 1806 , p . 94 , thus speaks of JNlr . R .: " On my removal to Birmingham
commenced my iiitijmacy with Mr . William Russell , whose ctublic spirit and zeal in every good cause can hardly he exceeded * My obligations to him were various and co > ista > it , so as Tiittt to bei estimated by suins of
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money . At his proposal , I doubt not * some of the heads of the congregation made me a present of two hundred pounds , to assist me in my theological publications ; ' and p . 98 , "I have been minister here between seven and
eight years without any interruption of my happiness , and for this I am sensible I am in a great measure indebted to the friendship of Mr . Russell /' This friendship exposed Mr . R . to the effects of a spirit of intolerance then prevalent , and marked him as a
victim for party rage , at the riois in Birmingham , in 1791 , from which he was one of the principal sufferers . During these disturbances , the intrepidity of his character shewed itself oh several occasions . By his courage and presence of mind he preserved his own house from destruction for three
days , and only left it to go to the relief of his family / Had he been supported by the magistrates , as he earnestly solicited from the commencement of the riots , there is scarcely a doubt but almost all the mischief that ensued
would have been prevented . His house being burnt , he repaired with his family to London , and immediately waited on Mr . Pitt to claim the interference of government . He frequently spoke of this interview , as evincing on the part of Mr . Pitt a desire to
restore tranquillity and grant indemnity to the sufferers . Shortly after the riots Mr . R . retired from business , and lived for some time in the vicinity of Gloucester $ but not being able to bring the extensive concerns he had
carried on in America to a satisfactory conclusion , and having considerable claims on the state of Maryland for paternal property detained during the American war , he resolved to visit that country , and accordingly embarked with his family , two daughters
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/1/
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