John Binns 
Recollections of the Life of John Binns [PDF ebook] 
Twenty-Nine Years in Europe and Fifty-Three in the United States, Written by Himself; With Anecdotes, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Birth at Dublin – Death of my father – Family of my parents – Second marriage of my mother – Early fondness for reading – Literature of my childhood – Lack of regular education – Reading in bed a dangerous practice – Incident at school – My stepfather and uncle Ambrose Binns – Dangerous amusement – My grandmother – Robbery by ruffians – Political excitement in Dublin – Project of the French government to invade Ireland – Incidents of the time – Reminiscences of Walter Blake Kirwan and of the Rev. John Summerfield; Disposition of the personal property and real estate belonging to my father – My brother and myself travel to Holyhead – Gratuities to servants – We arrive in London; incidents – London Corresponding Society – Trials of Hardy, Tooke, and Thelwall – State of party feeling in 1794 – Sketch of Hardy and Tooke – Character of the London police – Personal incidents – Richard Brothers – Visit to him – Sketch of Joanna Southcote – Meetings of the London Corresponding Society – Effects of the Freneh Revolution on the public mind – Riot in London; Declaration of War against France by Great Britain, not favored by William Pitt – Obstinacy of George the Third – Correspondence of the King with Charles James Fox relative to the American War – Condemnation of Kyd Wake – Scene at Covent Garden Theatre – Laws