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Showing posts with label calico journeymen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label calico journeymen. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 May 2016

May 1816: Handbill poem titled “The Death of Calico Jack"

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The Death of Calico Jack; or the WEAVERS DOWNFALL. Bad markets....Several tradesmen threatened with arrest, Oh! the effects of high li...
Saturday, 5 March 2016

5th March 1816: Ralph Fletcher forwards Adjutant Warr's letter to the Home Office

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Bolton le moors 5th March 1816 Dear Sir In consequence of your query, respecting Benefit Societies, I have procured from Adjt Warr the i...
Tuesday, 29 December 2015

29th December 1815: Manchester Magistrates request troops due to worries about Calico weavers

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My Lord, In the efforts recently made by the master calico printers in this neighbourhood to resist the unlawful combinations which have ...
Saturday, 20 December 2014

20th December 1814: Lancashire Calico Masters call for the disbanding of the Journeymen's Union

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Dog-Tavern , Manchester , 20 th Dec. 1814. TO THE JOURNEYMAN CALICO PRINTERS, CUTTERS, AND DRAWERS. AN ADDRESS from the MASTER CALIC...
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