Reminiscences of Thomas Reay

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 1114
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1832-1833
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 230 x 180 mm 1 volume (31 folios)  Medium: Paper Binding: half-bound in calf, buckram-covered boards. Condition: boards detached.

Scope and Content

Reminiscences of Thomas Reay of Liverpool, entitled Rambling Recollections of Men and Manners, and dedicated and presented to Joseph Mayer. The reminiscences are divided into two parts.

  • Folios 1-14: Reay's reminiscences of his friend Benjamin Buxton, prefaced by a letter from Reay to Mayer, dated 18 October 1832, in which he states: 'More by way of passtime [sic] than to shew any excellence in composition, more to please you than the least desire to satisfy a single vanity, I now send you... the first of my personal sketches - which I have written... in a great hurry.'
  • Folios 16-31: Reay's reminiscences of 'Scholasticus', prefaced by a second letter from Reay to Mayer, dated 7 July 1833, on folio 15v.

Related Material

Liverpool Record Office and Local History Service holds a scrapbook of one Thomas Reay, 1847-1862 (ref.: 920 MD 383).