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Wednesday, 13 June 2012

13th June 1812: Notice posted at Chowbent, signed "Guilty Death"

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 NOTICE Hereby given if these men be hanged Warburton &c may wake for fear for Death will Soon apeear for Damnation Shall Seize upon y...
Thursday, 26 April 2012

26th April 1812: Colonel Ralph Fletcher updates the Home Office about affairs in Bolton

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Bolton 26 April 1812 Dear Sir/ Being absent on the 23rd & until the Evening of the 24th instant—and on the 25 being engaged in the B...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

24th April 1812: Westhoughton Mill attacked and destroyed by fire

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The Mill at Westhoughton in Lancashire was huge concern locally. It held nearly 200 Looms, powered by a steam engine, and had been operating...
Sunday, 22 April 2012

22nd April 1812: Colonel Ralph Fletcher updates the Home Office on the situation in Bolton

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Bolton le moors April 22. 1812 Sir On monday night 20th instant I just gave you an hasty minute of the proceedings of the Seditious (the...
Thursday, 19 April 2012

19th April 1812: Secret weavers meeting on Deane Moor, near Bolton

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The last secret meeting of Bolton weavers that we know about took place on Sunday 19th April 1812. Joseph Lomax, who later gave a long ...
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