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Showing posts with label william towle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label william towle. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 April 2017

18th April 1817: The executed Luddites are buried in Nottingham & Chilwell

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The Leicester Chronicle of Friday 25th April 1817 reported the burial of the Luddites executed at Leicester, on the day following their hang...
Monday, 17 April 2017

17th April 1817: The Mayor of Leicester reports the Luddite executions to the Home Office

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Leicester 2 oClo Thursday April 17 1817 Dear Sir I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that the Execution of the six Luddites here ha...

17th April 1817: The Loughborough Job Luddites' hymn - 'How sad our state by nature is!'

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How sad our state by nature is! Our sin, how deep it stains! And SATAN binds our captive minds Fast in his slavish chains. Bu...

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...

17th April 1817: Charles Mundy sends Thomas Savage's statement to Lord Sidmouth

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Burton April 17th. 1817. near Loughborough My Lord I have the Honour to enclose for your Lordships information the statement made to me...
Thursday, 6 April 2017

6th April 1817: William Towle writes to his father, from the condemned cell at Leicester Gaol

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TO W. TOWLE’S FATHER. DEAR HONOURED FATHER, I write these few lines in hopes they will find you, my dear sisters and brother in good hea...
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...
Saturday, 4 February 2017

4th February 1817: Charles Mundy informs the Home Secretary that 9 Luddites have been committed for trial

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Burton february 4th 1817 My Lord I have the Honour to inform your lordship that yesterday the following persons were finally committed f...
Monday, 23 January 2017

23rd January 1817: Informer's report on Nottinghamshire Luddites

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23d January 1817.— On Sunday last 2 men whose names I dont came to my House and asked me if I had heard Nottingham that morning—This was j...

23rd January 1817: Charles Mundy sends William Burton's confession to the Home Office

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Burton January 23d. 1817 near Loughborough Leicestershire My Lord, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships letter of the 2...
Sunday, 22 January 2017

22nd January 1817: The confession of the Luddite William Burton

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A Copy of William Burton's confession January 22d 1817:— I lived at Arnold in June last. on the Sunday before the Loughborough Job I w...
Thursday, 19 January 2017

19th January 1817: Lancelot Rolleston reports the arrest of 8 suspected Luddites to the Home Office

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My Lord I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that the confession of John Blackburn has led to the apprehension of those individuals...