Click on any of the pictures to see a larger image. Small political favor John Bright, the son of Jacob Bright, a self-made and successful cotton manufacturer, was born in Rochdale on 16th November, 1811. Jacob was deeply religious and sent John to Quaker schools in Lancashire and Yorkshire. This Quaker education helped to develop in Bright a passionate commitment to political and religious equality. After his formal schooling came to an end, Bright joined the rapidly expanding family business. He also became involved in local politics and joined the campaign to end compulsory tax support of the Anglican Church in Rochdale. In October 1837, Joseph Hume, Francis Place and John Roebuck formed the Anti-Corn Law Association in London. The following year Richard Cobden joined with Archibald Prentice to establish a branch of this organisation in Manchester. In March 1839 Cobden was instrumental in establishing a new centralized Anti-Corn Law League. Cobden was now able to organize a national campaign in favour of reform. Cobden was a friend of Bright and suggested he should join the League. Bright agreed and over the next few years he toured the country giving speeches on the need to reform the Corn Laws. Bright was an outstanding orator and he drew large crowds wherever he appeared. Courtesy:- See 371 The Busy Bee, How Doth The Little - 675 Red Purple Carded The Busy Bee, How Doth The Little - 675 Blue The Compliments of the Season Winter is Here - 681 Blue The Compliments of the Season Winter is Here - 681 Purple The Father of Our Country - 684 Red The Father of Our Country - 684 Purple The Father of Our Country - 684 Red - Red On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died. Courtesy:- Then She Rode Forth - 731a from Godden Collection Carded Then She Rode Forth - 731a - Large Registered Design 4th May 1871 Small political favor Small political favor The Templar's Pledge - 728 Black cross The Templar's Pledge - 728 Blue cross To My Brother We In One Mother's Arms - 744 Blue Carded To My Brother We In One Mother's Arms - 744 White To My Dear Cousin - 750 Purple Flower To My Dear Cousin - 750 Blue Flower To My Dear Mother What'er My Lot - Unrecorded Purple To My Dear Mother What'er My Lot - Unrecorded Blue To My Dear Sister A Sister's Love - 753 Blue To My Dear Sister A Sister's Love - 753 Purple To One I Love, If You Are In Want - 770 Black - from Godden Collection Carded To One I Love, If You Are In Want - 770 Purple - from Godden Collection Carded To One I Love, If You Are In Want - 770 White - from Godden Collection Carded To One I Love, My (Hand) - 771 Black To One I Love, My (Hand) - 771 White To One I Love - 772 Light Rose To One I Love - 772 Dark Rose You can click on most images to see larger images or more information. We wish to buy Stevengraphs. One at a time or collections. We also seek photos, brochures or any item of related history. Malcolm J Roebuck, Copyright © 1999-2017 Stevengraphs Bookmarks & Postcards Etc.