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Showing posts with label john mcdonald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john mcdonald. Show all posts
Friday, 16 May 2014

16th May 1814: William Hay sends the spy John McDonald's memorial to the Home Secretary

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No. 31 Clipstone Street 16th May 1814 My Lord, At the request of the Magistrates at Manchester I have the honor to enclose a memorial fr...
Monday, 12 May 2014

12th May 1814: The Memorial of the spy, John McDonald

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To The Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Humble Memorial of John MacDonald of Manchester in the County ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

20th February 1813: William Hay lauds informers and spies to General Acland

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Ackworth 20th Feby 1813. My dear Sir, Sir Francis Wood (who is confined to his bed with the gout) yesterday evening sent me over your l...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

8th January 1813: The trial of John Baines and others for administering an illegal oath

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The last trial that took place on Friday 8th January was that of John Baines the elder (aged 66, a milliner), Charles Milnes (22, a cardmake...
Friday, 20 July 2012

20th July 1812: General Maitland informs the Home Office that the tactics employed in Cheshire are working

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Manchester 20th July 1812 My dear Sir I some little time ago, stated, to Lord Sidmouth that I was trying the Experiment of keeping a sm...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

12th July 1812: John Baines warns the spies McDonald & Gossling about undercover Bow Street officers

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On Sunday 12th July 1812, the two police spies from Manchester, Gossling and McDonald, were wandering about Halifax when they again met John...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012

10th July 1812: The spies McDonald & Gossling meet the old man John Baines in Halifax again

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The spies John McDonald & John Gossling were milling around Halifax after McDonald had been 'twisted-in' by the old hatter John ...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

8th July 1812: A spy sent from Manchester is 'twisted-in' by an old man at Halifax

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John McDonald and John Gossling were two assistant constables in Manchester. They had both been sent into West Yorkshire by the Manchester D...