Reverend Thomas Ledlie Birch | |
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| Born | 1754 Gilford, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 1828 |
| Nationality |  Kingdom of Ireland, Irish |
| Occupation | Presbyterian Church Minister |
| Notable work | A Letter from an Irish Emigrant (1799) |
| Movement |  Society of United Irishmen |
| Criminal charges | Treason 1797, 1798 |
Thomas Ledlie Birch (1754–1828) was a Presbyterian minister and radical democrat in the Kingdom of Ireland. Forced into American exile following the suppression of the 1798 rebellion, he wrote A Letter from An Irish Emigrant (1799).[1]
Assailing the landed Anglican Ascendancy and vindicating the call for an Irish republic, it was the first published apologia for the United Irish insurrection. In the United States, he found himself at odds with the spirit of evangelical revivalism.
- ^ Birch, Thomas Ledlie (2005). A Letter from an Irish Emigrant (1799) (Originally published in Philadelphia ed.). Belfast: Athol Books. ISBN 0850341108.