A rare 26 page pamphlet by the Greasborough born poet, of a lecture delivered in Surrey Street Chapel May 25,1840 on the foundation of the Mechanics Institution. Before its conclusion, it was moved by Dr G.C.Holland and seconded by Mr Ebenezer Elliot and carried unanimously that"Mr Rodgers be requested to consent to have his lecture printed and published" from the introduction by John Fowler May 29th 1840. Not in the British Library COPAC recording only the Brotherton Lib copy.