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Showing posts with label john clarke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john clarke. Show all posts
Wednesday, 10 January 2018

10th January 1818: The Luddite John Clarke (aka 'Little Sam') arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Saturday 10th January 1818, the transport ship 'The...
Friday, 31 March 2017

31st March 1817: The trial of the Luddite John Clarke (aka 'Little Sam') at Leicester Assizes

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LEICESTER. Trial of JOHN CLARKE, otherwise LITTLE SAM , FOR SHOOTING AT JOHN ASHER. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1817. This morning, at eig...
Tuesday, 14 March 2017

14th March 1817: The arrest of John Clarke, aka 'Little Sam' is reported in the press

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The Leicester Chronicle of Friday 14th March 1817 reported the arrest of John Clarke, aka 'Little Sam', a man wanted for involvement...
Friday, 3 March 2017

3rd March 1817: John Beckett advises Jeffrey Lockett on how to apprehend the Luddite 'Little Sam'

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Whitehall 3 March 1817. Dr Sir The only safe mode of proceeding in this Case, and the least dilatory in this. Send an Officer from Leice...

3rd March 1817: Jeffrey Lockett asks John Beckett how to apprehend the Luddite 'Little Sam'

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Mr Lockett presents his [Compliments] to Mr Beckett and has the pleasure to inform him that Mr Hobhouse has received a second communication ...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017

8th February 1817: Jeffrey Lockett updates the Home Office about the hunt for suspected Luddites

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Derby Feby 8th: 1817 Sir In the letter which I had the honour to address to you on Wednesday last from Loughbro’, I stated, on the infor...
Wednesday, 4 July 2012

4th July 1812: Nottinghamshire solicitor William Woodcock asks the Home Office for instructions on the prosecution of Luddites

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Mansfield July 4th 1812 My Lord I beg leave to inform your Lordship that at the last Nottinghamshire Assizes Bills of Indictment were fo...
Monday, 19 March 2012

19th March 1812: The lesser-known cases of Luddites tried at the Nottingham Lent Assizes

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The Nottingham Review of 27th March 1812, contained very brief summaries of other cases involving Luddites at the Nottingham Lent Assizes. T...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

13th November 1811: Mass Luddite attack at Sutton-in-Ashfield

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Sutton-in-Ashfield had been chosen by the Luddites as the next place to be subject to frame-breaking. According to Darvall, the town was a ...
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