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Thursday, 29 November 2012

29th November 1812: A poorly Thomas Holden write from his transportation ship, The Fortune

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On board the fortune November 29th 1812 Dear and loving wife I take opertunity of Righting a fue lines to you hoping they Will find you a...

29th November 1812: General Acland reports the arrest of a Stockport man for threatening to kill Joseph Radcliffe

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Huddersfield 29th November 1812. My dear Sir, A man by name Harling has been sent from Stockport by the Revd Mr. Prescott & committ...
Friday, 23 November 2012

23rd November 1812: a shot is fired into the house of a man at Clifton

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The Monday 30th November 1812 edition of the Leeds Intelligencer featured a letter to the editor which described an attack on an individual ...
Thursday, 22 November 2012

22nd November 1812: Luddism returns to Nottingham

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After a hiatus of 8 months, frame-breaking Luddites returned to Nottingham on the evening of Sunday 22nd November 1812. At 7.00 p.m., a ...

22nd November 1812: The Luddite convict, Thomas Holden, writes fom his transportation ship, the Fortune

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By Sunday 22nd November 1812, the Luddite convict Thomas Holden , had now been moved from the Prison Hulk Portland to the Fortune, the ship ...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012

21st November 1812: Robbery on a shopkeeper at Luddenden Foot, near Halifax

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At 8.00 p.m. on Saturday 21st November 1812, a robbery was conducted at a shop in Luddenden Foot. Five men forced the door and, upon enter...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Alan Brooke's review of 'Ned Ludd & Queen Mab' by Peter Linebaugh

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"Ned Ludd & Queen Mab – Machine-Breaking, Romanticism and the Several Commons of 1811-1812", Peter Linebaugh (Retort Pamphlet,...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012

13th November 1812: The Government authorises prosecuting one of the Manchester 38

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Lincoln's Inn 13th Novr 1812 Sir In pursuance of the directions contained in your Letter of the [illegible] inst transmitting (amo...
Monday, 12 November 2012

12th November 1812: Concerns are raised about the billeting of troops in the West Riding

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Sir There are 16 Soldiers of the Stirling Militia quartered in a small Village, Sowerby — there are only Three Alehouses one has a large...
Sunday, 11 November 2012

11th November 1812: Government legal advisers give their assessment of the cases for the York Assizes

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My Lord We have very attentively considered the evidence, upon which the several Prisoners have been committed to the Castle of York for ...

11th November 1812: Whitehaven magistrates report huge foods riots in the Town

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Whitehaven 11 of Novr 1812 My Lord, We are extremely sorry to have occasion so soon to trouble your Lordship respecting the Mutinous di...
Friday, 9 November 2012

9th November 1812: Earl Fitzwilliam fears the Luddites in York Castle will try to escape

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Milton nov 9th 1812 My Lord it having being intimated to me, that there were not fewer than 60 or 70 persons confined in York Castle on...
Thursday, 8 November 2012

8th November 1812: Whitehaven Magistrates ask for troops, fearing unrest in the Town

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Whitehaven. Novr 8th 1812. My Lord, Mr. Pouley a respectable Corn dealer in this Town to whom the enclosed Letter was sent, hath consul...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012

7th November 1812: Captain Francis Raynes reports that the 'turbulent spirit' of the West Riding 'is greatly abated'

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Mills Bridge near Leeds 7th Novr 1812 I have the Honor to enclose a Letter from Clough, and James Robertson which I did not receive till...

7th November 1812: The Leeds Mercury reports many more Luddites committed to York Castle

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The Saturday 7th November 1812 edition of the Leeds Mercury featured a report about the large numbers of Luddites committed to York Castle w...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012

6th November 1812: Spies report that 'hundreds' of soldiers have been Twisted-in

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Staley Bridge Novr 6th 1812 Sir I have the honor to report that during the week, I have heard from Hayfield, New mills and the differe...
Monday, 5 November 2012

5th November 1812: The Government's law officers sanction the case against George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith

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On Thursday 5th November, after viewing all the statements and correspondence collected thus far about the case against the three men accuse...

5th November 1812: The Town Clerk of Leicester asks the Home Office to pay for the failed prosecution of Thomas Allsop

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Leicester Novr 5 1812. Sir By direction of the Magistrates of Leicester I send you the Bill of disbursements &c in the prosecution ...
Sunday, 4 November 2012

4th November 1812: Dinner held for Captain Francis Raynes in Mottram-in-Longdendale

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On Wednesday 4th November 1812, a dinner was held in Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire to pay tribute to Captain Francis Raynes, the special ...

4th November 1812: The Stockport solicitor, John Lloyd, seeks a pardon for the informer William Hall

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Stockport [near] Manchester Nov. 4, 1812 Sir A circumstance yesterday came to my knowledge which will require consideration, and, alth...