What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Portico Library - 1806 Thomas Harrison architect (1744-1829) Richard Cobden John Dalton Elizabeth Gaskell Sir Robert Peel Thomas de Quincey Peter Mark Roget were readers here Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester City Council.
Thomas De Quincey, John Dalton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sir Robert Peel, Richard Cobden, Dr. Peter Mark Roget, and Thomas Harrison were notable readers at the Portico Library. Thomas Harrison designed the library in 1806.
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