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Showing posts with label lancashire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lancashire. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 February 2018

11th February 1818: The Reverend C.W. Ethelston vouches for the anti-Luddite spy, Samuel Fleming

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My Lord Your Lordship’s letter of the 6th instt I had the honor of receiving on Sunday evening but delay’d my answer in expectation of bei...
Monday, 29 May 2017

29th May 1817: A writer to the Home Office tells of a Middleton man visiting the late Luddite trials

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My Lord I take leave to acquaint your Lordship that on the 15th March, in passing from Coventry to Birmingham by Coach, I accidentally got...
Friday, 21 October 2016

21st October 1816: Sir Robert Peel replies to J H Addington's revelations about the Luddite, Thomas Pickup

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[To: J H Addington ] I have the Honor of your letter of the 9th and have sent your letter to my relation who interested himself in the li...
Wednesday, 7 September 2016

7th September 1816: A portrait of the weavers' distress in Bolton

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The Leicester Chronicle of Saturday 7th September 1816 carried a report about the situation facing weavers in Bolton, Lancashire: Out of 4...

7th September 1816: Weather report from Lancaster

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The Lancaster Gazette of Saturday 7th September 1816 carried a report about the weather: The weather, since our last, has been uncommonly ...
Saturday, 13 August 2016

13th August 1816: Preston weavers use sabotage, attack home of local MP & mill-owner

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The Leeds Mercury of 24th August 1816 carried an article from the Preston Chronicle about unrest in Preston on Tuesday 13th August 1816, muc...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

26th June 1816: Former Bolton spies appeal to the Home Secretary for financial aid

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Lancashire Bolton-le-Moors 26 June 1816 My Lord It is with extreme reluctance that the following lines are offered to your Lordship’s n...
Sunday, 19 June 2016

19th June 1816: The Earl of Derby appeals to the Home Secretary about the distress of weavers in Bolton

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[19th June 1816] My Lord A Deputation of the very respectable Gentleman whose names are affixed to the inclosed Memorial has waited upon...
Monday, 6 June 2016

6th June 1816: Snow falls on Pendle Hill, Lancashire

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The Derby Mercury of 4th July 1816 reported on the weather, highlighting how cold it was in 1816 on the verge of summer: Pendle Hill was c...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

1st June 1816: Colonel Fletcher asks the Home Secretary to authorise troops to be sent to Bolton

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Bolton le moors 1 June 1816 My Lord The magistrates of this Division having the apprehensive of some breach of the Public Peace, from th...
Monday, 30 May 2016

30th May 1816: William Evans informs the Home Secretary of nocturnal assemblies around Manchester

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My Lord I have observed in the Papers Reports that numerous Bodies of men assemble in the neighbourhood of Manchester—I have not been able...
Friday, 27 May 2016

27th May 1816: Colonel Ralph Fletcher informs the Home Office of the distress of the Bolton Weavers

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Bolton 27 May 1816 Dear Sir Some the enclosed papers came to my hands several days ago, but I waited to have heard from Mr Warr —some fu...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

22nd May 1816: The Chief Constable in Blackburn expresses concerns about 'Insurgents' to the Home Secretary

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My Lord, There being no Magistrate resident within this Parish (altho’ according to the Census of 1811 it contains upwards of 40,000 Inhab...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

18th May 1816: Snow on the hills around Lancaster

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The Lancaster Gazette of  Saturday 18th May 1816 reported the unseasonable weather lately experienced in the north of England: In the latt...
Thursday, 5 May 2016

5th May 1816: Anonymous letter warns of plots to 'destroy Manchester' and 'all its wealthy inhabitants'

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Manchester 5th May 18 16 Mr James Ackers Dear Sir On the 23rd April 1812 I informed you by letter of the most horible conspiracy that ...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

1st May 1816: The Rev WR Hay expresses concerns about discontent in Manchester to the Home Secretary

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New Bailey Court House, Manchester. 1 May 1816 My Lord, It becomes my duty, in obedience to the directions the Magistrates who met this ...

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, 1 March 2016

1st March 1816: Adjutant James Warr sends a report about Bolton Friendly Societies

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Bolton 1st March 1816 Dear Sir Agreeable to your request I have made Enquiries contained in your last respecting Friendly Societies—I fi...
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 ...