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a * Wbrfi ^ n € ^ bQ * lne ^ wJiJclv ^ He ^ W gates 0 $% < liatPdt # er mv ^ yel iinfbrt&txvtely p&ii . gfe ^ l . / fJ ^ Tii ^;^) .. . ,. _• ., jl . . ? ! -,. > * WIs ^© ttti <* al fniifrciples , 4 h © ugh qfor ^ long time they only seemed to single him out in ^ tbat town a& a mark far utienJight * ened censure , vet within theHtosfc ebsfceeg or
twenty years of his life they etitk ^ afed li nn to his townsmen , and gave him that consideration amongst them , by which he after wstrda i ieffected the improvements we haare > ust Enumerated ., * For tbe&e exertions he" received two si ^ rnaV proofs of the uni ~ versril * rej ^ nrd of his townsmen . At one time he was chaired at the town-hall , the
piace / of meeting , and brought amidst the acclamations of thousands to his own liot&ex ; and so great was the crowd , that the shops too each' side of the High ^ sireet where . \* e lired * were shut up , a circumstance unprecedented there , even at elections . At another , he was presented , with a valuable silver cup , " as a token of respect and
esteem for his patriotic exertions in defence o £ the just rights of the people , and his laudable seal for the improvement of this tonvn and harbaur . "* By the just rights o £ the , people , " the donors alluded to his former exertions in favour of religious liberty ,. ajp ( J a parliamentary reform , in both o £ which he was unwearied , at the time
w . ll £ jD tl \ i . sjfcook place , as well as when he was chaired . The names of ' * Waiihnfcan aftd Grajjam" were to be- seen o « every dqor and shutter of the town , whilst the letter was called " the Berwick t ^ aitfenwm "— ^ . In the , mx > re endear i ng offices of private We , :
"'* His ^ rresence made a little Itentt ' ay , And every face \ vas drest in smiles to * ' meet him . " ftis h ^ a rt was ever open to the tear of distFes *? -Bftd lie always softened when he could not cure the misery : but with the sentiixientvof iiunonr atul of faithful delicacy to th 4989 } ' £ Rr . ' f . iNhAin' -he > was- the almoner , as
vtell ^ 9 to' th& > objects ' of their attention , he nfev& assumed to be himself ( . the donor , b&tPgave the bounty ., together with the nrtrtieSf *> f u the charitable . .. * A- ^ amitiar principle ^^ hoqouiv invigorated his endeavours , wh <* h appointed a trustee for any public
• UrtritJy ^ iP ^ ubMc bHiKHTig . << I accept the office orrthis icondition only , thtU my accounts of receipts and expxftidtitures sJiaii &c in ^ ppqt , ed yearly ; niy , vouchers shall be P ^ ft ^^ P ^; 51 ^* 1 >^ P *^ _ in- return a « , ac-^ I 3 ^ kff 8 fJ r >^^ % W l ?^ Subscribers of tbffi r •« $ MwrtiW -W ^ Ji ^ pfr" Pf ^> y ti ^ s ji -ta -i ^ n > y , — . > . ««« . » , . ... - . ,. i , < ,,, ( ,.. . _^ ^^^ fe ^ ifrdW'iW ^ sci iption on the t - ' . •» ' i ' '
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aonev \* kaHV say ^ itbat I > e ^ ers , vdin : ctei | s \ 4 smallest fraction of ^ uchr ai <^^ posit , in any at he * way than to meetJ ^ the wisb « r £ O # the proprietors ; m ^ aa : co «« ts fndaa i the - b « 4 ^ ginning ? shall he at all iwuesJQpeB tooexa initiation ^ - £ ier w * UL ^ l = e 3 ^ a ?^^ baaep 4 tose ievfluirers avIio-wish to know that I am an
fe 4 fieit " £ ba& . '> * &uch was the principle on which he acted , whether the subscription was to supply a soup kitchen , to build a chapel , to procure meal er potatoes for tbc poor-, tQ erect a . puhlic institution , or to ^> uil down a public nuisance . Hi * labou r was ready , < his interest exerted ^ ^ n < t wh atever donations he received ^ were epteye ^ l most faithfully in tbe names oft the dopor ^ t
To get his fame trumpeted ^ abroad hy tb ^ stale expedient of a person wIkmii he bagl purposely obliged * w « s * beneath . the ? e ^ ar ractier of thifr friend of huiiaanity anel , general improvement . And yet often hasttfee writer of this seen tbe ; sileat tear triple down his face , and sometimes he has b $ ard of the silent offering of bis unamMti ^ tif friend , not in the praises of a hirelings b * st m tire blessings of the poor thejnsej ^ es *^
To conclude . —As a warm friend of civil and religious liberty ; as an unwearied improver of the town in whjcfc / Jie Mxed * »* an honourable distributer of colleotpd TC . nii rity ; as faithful to his public engagenWfcrs > and never shrinking from : th « most Tniojite
examination of his public accounts 5 as 4 be promoter of peace and good w ) U , hisi inemory will be cherished by bis friends an ^ 4 by his townsmen ;—when these repose in the silent grave , the public improvements that he effected will transmit his
name to their posterity . Would that such remembrances may excite other minds to follow his footsteps : would that , as in James Graham , the widow and . the fatherless might always find a friend !
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Died at his house at Clapton , after a long decline , aged 61 , Edward LaNGdon Mackmurdo , Esq . one of the oldest members of the Unitarian congregation at HacHney . His name has be tin connected for many years with all our institutions"for the promotion ^ of religion akvA ^ m * ' e ^ j ind freedom , of whi ^ h he was an unostentatious but liberal supporter . rfe wii $ frnbwn throughout a \ vi 4 e circle , acd highly esteemed for his enli g htened principles , amiable feelings * p & st-e ' rltug . c ^ ritctter . He has left a tafffe , family ^ who . iii " the rt-membrance and npitation ^ f his Virtues , fuid ... in the enjpfment of tipe ble ^ sijriffs whicli his paterqal wistlom bestowed UfMta theiu . ^ w ^ ll keep uf his nanle and propcHjpec tbc bejst culogiuniori liis membry . M ' l
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? S Obituary j ^ Ed&aj&&bTi ^ k ~ Ma (^^ Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/58/
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