COLLECTION NAME:
Peterloo Collection
Record
Image Number:
EngMS_1197_41.pdf
Reference Number:
English MS 1197/41
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Peterloo Papers (1819-1820)
Parent Work Title:
The Return of the Killed and Wounded at Manchester. Letter from Mr Pearson
Alternative Parent Work Title:
List of the injured
Creator:
Hay, William Robert, 1761-1839
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creator Role:
Compiler
Creator:
Pearson, Charles, 1793-1862
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1819-1839
Description:
Copy [in the hand of W.R. Hay] entitled 'The Return of the Killed and Wounded at Manchester - Letter from Mr Pearson', dated Manchester, Tuesday afternoon 31 Aug 1819. An account of the aftermath of Peterloo and how on Sunday the 29th August Charles Pearson and Sir Charles Wolseley, went around the Manchester area to collect evidence concerning those that had been wounded. Pearson is 'confident that the number of the casualties is not less than 500'. The 'enclosed' list of names was made up the previous night, and numbers of cases have been ever since admitted. On Friday, September 3 1819, The Times (London, England) published his letter with the list of names which, accounts for circa 212 people injured (of whom two died in the infirmary). The author classified the list by sex and by method of injury. The letter 'b' is marked next to many of the names indicating that the person was 'severely or badly hurt'.
Language:
English
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819
Subject:
Social movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Manchester (England)--Politics and government--19th century
Subject:
Radicalism--England--Manchester
Subject:
Public meetings--Law and legislation--Great Britain
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
People Covered:
Pearson, Charles, 1793-1862
People Covered:
Wolseley, Charles, Sir, 1769-1846
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, UK
Provenance:
Smith family, former owner
Provenance:
Wadsworth, A.P., former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Marrow, J. 1994. The Tragedy at St Peter's Field, Manchester, 16 August 1819. Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine, 11(2), 97-100
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-09-17
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB