An Original Letter Handwritten and Signed by Radical and Liberal Statesman John Bright. Dated March 1875. A long letter to a Ramsgate Rector discussing in great detail about the clergy and liberalism. He discusses the clergy in his home town of Rochdale and the effect on looking after the people of the district. John Bright 1811 – 1889 was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the expression in its modern sense was by Bright in reference to the Reform Act of 1867, which called for more democratic representation in Parliament. Trying to rouse Parliament from its apathy on the issue, he said in a speech, would be like trying to "flog a dead horse" to make it pull a load. Size is 180m x 110mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing.