Death of Joseph Priestley in Pennsylvania, bronze medal, 1804, by T. Halliday, draped bust of Joseph Priestley profile left, JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, L . LD, F . R . S . AC . IMP PETROP . R . PARIS . HOLM . TAURIN . ITAL . HARLEM . AUREL . MID . PARIS . CANTAB . AMERIC . ET PHILAD . SOCIUS. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, DOCTOR OF LAWS, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND FELLOW OF THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIES: THE IMPERIAL AT ST PETERSBURG, PARIS, STOCKHOLM, TURIN IN ITALY, HARLEM, ORLEANS . . . . . CAMBRIDGE, AMERICA AND PHILADELPHIA). (, rev. THIS TABLET IS CONSECRATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY . L . LD . BY HIS AFFECTIONATE CONGREGATION, IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR GRATITUDE FOR HIS FAITHFUL ATTENTION TO THEIR SPIRITUAL IMPROVEMENT, AND FOR HIS PECULIAR DILIGENCE IN TRAINING OF THEIR YOUTH TO RATIONAL PIETY AND GENUINE VIRTUE OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS GREAT AND VARIOUS TALENTS WHICH WERE UNIFORMLY DIRECTED TO THE NOBLEST PURPOSES AND OF THEIR VENERATION FOR THE PURE, BENEVOLENT, AND HOLY PRINCIPLES WHICH THROUGH THE TRYING VICISSITUDES OF LIFE AND IN THE AWFUL HOUR OF DEATH, ANIMATED HIM WITH THE HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY, HIS DISCOVERIES AS A PHILOSOPHER WILL NEVER CEASE TO BE REMEMBERED AND ADMIRED BY THE ABLEST IMPROVERS OF SCIENCE . HIS FIRMNESS AS AN ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY AND HIS SINCERITY AS AN EXPOUNDER OF THE SCRIPTURES ENDEARED HIM TO MANY OF HIS ENLIGHTENED AND UNPREJUDICED CONTEMPORARIES . HIS EXAMPLE AS A CHRISTIAN WILL BE INSTRUCTIVE TO THE WISE AND INTERESTING TO THE GOOD OF EVERY COUNTRY AND IN EVERY AGE HE WAS BORN AT FIELDHEAD, NEAR LEEDS, IN YORKSHIRE MARCH 15 A. D. 1733. WAS CHOSEN A MINISTER OF THIS CHAPEL, DEC . 31 1780 . CONTINUED IN THAT OFFICE TEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS . EMBARKED FOR AMERICA APRIL 7, 1794, DIED IN NORTHUMBERLAND TOWN IN PENNYSYLVANIA, FEB . 6, 1804 . 56 mm, (BHM. 563. A few minor marks, otherwise extremely fine. £375.00