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Showing posts with label loughborough job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loughborough job. Show all posts
Monday, 24 December 2018

24th December 1818: John Slater, the final Luddite convict to be deported, arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Christmas Eve, Thursday 24th December 1818, the transpo...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

5th May 1818: The Luddite Samuel Caldwell (aka 'Big Sam') arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Tuesday 5th May 1818, the transport ship 'Neptune...
Monday, 29 January 2018

29th January 1818: Francis Ward's case is raised in Parliament, alongside a petition on his behalf

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PETITION FROM FRANCIS WARD COMPLAINING OF THE OPERATION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT. Lord Folkestone   said, he had a Petition to ...
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...
Sunday, 13 August 2017

13th August 1817: Charles Mundy informs the Home Secretary of the whereabouts of John Hill & Christopher Blackburn

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Burton August 13th Near Lougborough My Lord I have the Honour to inform your Lordship that John Blackburn came to me a few days since ...
Monday, 31 July 2017

31st July 1817: Samuel Caldwell convicted of frame-breaking during the 'Loughborough Job' - the final Luddite trial

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On Thursday 31st July 1817, at Leicester Assizes, the Luddite Samuel Caldwell (aka 'Big Sam') pleaded guilty to frame-breaking duri...
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Saturday, 1 April 2017

1st April 1817: The trial of the remaining 'Loughborough Job' Luddites, at Leicester Assizes

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Trial of Thomas Savidge, Joshua Mitchell, Wm. Withers, William Towle, John Amos, John Crowder, and James Watson, the firing a gun at John A...
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...