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ham St. Your name was put up in three different petitions ; 

 that you were sent of God — you did so much good to the poor, 

 that if the Lord would but spare you this time, and they call 

 all Old three times Amen.' 



The name Eason has been made familiar to the present 

 generation in Manchester by being a Christian name of 

 one of his descendants, Dr. Eason Wilkinson, who stood 

 high among the medical men here, and whose house in 

 Greenheys had often pleasant company. On his death his 

 widow retired to Middlethorpe Hall, near York. From 

 her the above particulars were obtained. 



There are three papers by Dr. Eason in the first 

 volume, a very thoughtful one on crystallisation, putting 

 together various similar phenomena ; one on bleaching, 

 from which a quotation is made, and one on the ascent of 

 vapour, in which he advocates the view that electricity is 

 required to keep the vapour up, two clouds, similarly 

 electrified, repelling each other, but when one is positive 

 and the other negative, there is a discharge of electricity, 

 the particles of water unite, and rain falls. 



JAMES MASSEY. 



The name Massey is found in the Directory of the 

 time under Chapel Street, Sal ford. There were two 

 brothers, James and Joseph. James is interesting to us, 

 as along with Dr. Mainwaring president of the Society for 

 the first year. A portrait of Mr. James Massey was pre- 

 sented to the Infirmary by Mr. Tate in 1793. This intro- 

 duces an amount of confusion which I hope will be 

 removed. Joseph became endeared to Manchester by 

 paying all the expenses of the first year of the Infirmary, 



