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Title	February 13, 1825 note by Isaiah Birt
Post Date	February 13, 1825
Author	Birt, Isaiah (1758-1837) and Morgan, Thomas
Date	1825-02-13
Physical Description	1 p. total; 1 p. text
Dimensions	19.1 x 8.6 cm
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 3, File 17
Address From	Birmingham
Country From	England
Transcriber	Gareth Lloyd
Plain Text Transcription	‘The case of the church at Henley in Arden is most cordially recommended by Isaiah Burt and Thomas Morgan, Birmingham. (1 sheet, 1p.) 13 February 1825 Isaiah Birt (1758-1837) was born in Coleford, Gloucestershire,the son of a Baptist minister. He was educated at Bristol College from where he followed his father into the Baptist ministry. Birt enjoyed tremendous success as a pastor in Devonport and elsewhere. He was an outspoken advocate of civil rights and sympathetic to the French Revolution. In 1815 he moved to Canon Street Chapel in Birmingham and founded Sunday Schools, ragged schools and satellite missions. Poor health forced him to retire to Hackney in London in 1827 but even then he played a leading role in founding a congregation in Shoreditch.
Notes	Note reads, "The case of the church at Henly in Arden, is most cordially recommended by... Isaiah Birt. Birmingham, February 13th, 1825." /s/ Isaiah Birt and Thomas Morgan."
Digital Resources Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2012
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width
Digital Publisher	Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University
Rights	Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library
Decade	1820-1829