James Harmer the French. Harmer was their choice of solicitor. In 1819 Harmer represented Samuel Bamford after the Peterloo massacre. In the Peterloo aftermath Harmer, and Henry Dennison of Liverpool, represented the family of John Lees of Oldham, fatally wounded, at an extended inquest starting 8 September 1819. Dennison, Harmer and Charles Pearson were thanked by the "Report on the Metropolitan and Central Committee, Appointed for the Relief of the Manchester Sufferers" for their investigations. William Hone's book "The Whole Proceedings before the Coroner's Court at Oldham", which exposed the use of force at Peterloo, relied heavily on Harmer's work with witness
Robert Poole (historian) Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, to look at the recently-acquired papers of Arthur C. Clarke. Poole's forthcoming book "Peterloo: the English Uprising," (OUP, 2019) will provide the standard account of the1819 Peterloo massacre in Manchester, on which he has written articles in "Past and Present", "History", "Labour History Review," and edited collections. He is historical adviser to the Peterloo 2019 commemoration programme, run jointly by Manchester Histories and the People's History Museum, and to the 2017-18 community project by ReelMcr, 'Our Sam, Middleton man'.He was instrumental in bringing to the John Rylands Library a full set of the