Hume Tracts 1769-1890

Personal collection of Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Radical Member of Parliament.

Hume's collection covers the major political, economic and social developments and reforms taking place in Britain in the early part of the 19th century along with the causes he particularly championed, such as universal suffrage, Catholic emancipation, a reduction in the power of the Anglican church and an end to imprisonment for debt.