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Showing posts with label leicester journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leicester journal. Show all posts
Monday, 17 April 2017

17th April 1817: The final Luddite executions at Leicester - John Amos, John Crowther, Joshua Mitchell, Thomas Savage, William Towle & William Withers are hanged

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On Thursday 17th April 1817, the final executions of Luddites took place at Leicester. There was coverage in various local newspapers bu...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017

28th February 1817: The Tory Leicester Journal calls the growing political reform movements 'political Luddism'

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In the last page will be found the Report of the Committee of Secrecy to the House of Commons—we inserted the one to the House of Peers in ...
Wednesday, 10 August 2016

10th August 1816: Leicester bourgeoisie turn out in force to protect the Assizes Judges

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The 16th August 1816 edition of the (Tory) Leicester Journal described the scene early in the morning immediately prior to the commencement ...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

26th July 1816: Weather report from the Leicester Journal

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THE WEATHER—The continuance of the present very unseasonable weather has been attended with most baneful effects in various parts of the co...
Tuesday, 12 July 2016

12th July 1816: The Tory Leicester Journal sees the 'Loughborough Job' as a consequence of 'democratic principles'

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On Friday 12th July 1816, the Tory Leicester Journal carried an article reporting recent arrests for the 'Loughborough Job' in which...