| Description | Thanks him for particulars of chapels and schools in Wrexham, which confirm the principles he has maintained in letters to Lord John Russell: 'I rejoice that in Wales splendid demonstrations of the power of the Voluntary Principle are in course of being made'; his letters to Sir John Russell have had an effect
28 October 1846
[Sir Edward Baines, also known as Edward Baines junior (1800–1890), nonconformist English newspaper editor, MP for Leeds; advocated that state education was destructive to voluntary education. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Baines_(1800%E2%80%931890) accessed January 2018 |