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Daniel Eccleston was a Quaker radical now primarily known for distributing his message through the medium of coins and medals.

Daniel Eccleston was born at Cornah Row, Singleton in the Fylde, Lancaster, in 1745; he died on 3rd March 1821. He traded as a merchant in Liverpool then in Lancaster.

also use for reference: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=quakerstudies

and http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/2003_BNJ_73_17.pdf

Daniel Eccleston of Lancaster was an Enlightenment polymath. Eccleston’s varied papers (with documents and publications covering 1776- 1816) cover topics as diverse as Atlantic trade, the development of ideas around religious freedom and democracy, the role of the State, the practical application of electricity and magnetism, the modernisation of farming and his reactions to his political imprisonment.

Eccleston expressed his beliefs and ideas through a variety of media. He presented scientific lectures, published books on individual and religious freedom and politics. He issued petitions to the King and established church, wrote satires, sent letters to numerous influential individuals and the press and struck medals and widely-circulated coins carrying messages about his beliefs.