The John Bargrave Collection
Some Brief Memoirs of the Family of The Priestleys, Written in 1779 by Nathaniel Priestley, of Northowram, The Son of John Priestley, Who Was the Son of Jonathan Priestley, of Winteredge
In Print Source: Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries [second volume], 31-41 Document Type: Memoir or autobiography Date:1779 Number of Objects:Attached People: Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Priestley, Nathaniel (17 Nov 1699-5 Apr 1781)
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Annotation:From a manuscript in the possession of John Rawson of Brockwell, Halifax, at the time of printing.
A note in the manuscript by the author's son John Priestly: “Mr. Nathaniel Priestley died 5th April, 1781, aged 81 years, 4 months, 8 days. I am now the oldest of the Priestley family mentioned in the above memoirs. I pray God prepare me for a happy change” (41).