Diary of John Young, Sunderland chemist and Methodist lay preacher, covering the years 1841-1843

John Young was a Sunderland chemist. His diary was prompted by his desire to record his inner life, and the passages reveal the thoughts and feelings of an early Victorian evangelical. His comments on his social, religious and business life make his diary an interesting social document, offering vignettes of life in Sunderland in the early 1840s.