Memorial B3: Joseph Priestley

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Area B: North Aisle

This marble is inscribed
by the company of proprietors
of the canal navigation
from Leeds to Liverpool
to the memory of
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, ESQ r.
as a remark of regard
for his able, zealous,
and assiduous attention
to the interests of that great
and important undertaking.
His knowledge and great talents,
his inflexible integrity,
and his determined
and faithful discharge of duty,
in the most important
and arduous situation
of superintendant,
which he held under the company
for nearly half a century.
Died 14 August 1817, aged 74.

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