Manchester Meiiions, Ft?/. AvV. (1913), A'(^ 1*). 11 



Henry mentions further that Dalton's friend and his 

 co-trustee, Peter Clare, was anwilHng to part with the 

 documents and kept them until his death. Supposing 

 Henry is right here, it is certain that we cannot blame the 

 faithful I'eter Clare, especially as it appears from Dalton's 

 will that Henry had to co-operate with the other trustees, 

 insomuch as concerned publication. Henry nevertheless 

 insisted on doing the work by himself, and 1 cannot say 

 that he has succeeded admirably, considering the invalu- 

 able material he had in Dalton's notebooks, etc. It is only 

 recently that Sir Henry Roscoe and Dr. Harden showed 

 what a wealth of historical information was slumbering in 

 those large files and used it to a great extent in the book 

 already mentioned. 



Dalton never recovered from the illness referred to in 

 the previous letter, and eventually passed away on the 

 27th July, 1S44. A public funeral was decided upon, 

 and the then Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alexander Ka}% 

 took the matter especially in hand. The Mayor of Man- 

 chester had issued a note which intimated to the citizens 

 "that by closing their warehouses and shops from eleven 

 until one o'clock .... they will best show their respect for 

 the late Dr. Dalton." The re[)ort in the " Manchester 

 Guardian " states that "the recommendation of the Mayor 

 was very generally complied with," and that ladies and 

 gentlemen in mourning filled every window where the 

 procession passed. 



I reproduce the official invitation (See P/. II. A) as 

 well as the arrangement of the pallbearers. (See F/. II. B). 

 You will notice that the Mayor of Manchester was one of 

 them ; others were relations of Dalton, members of this 

 society, members of the medical society, and of many 

 other societies, as will be seen on the illustration facing 

 this page. 



