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Wednesday, 25 February 2015

25th February 1815: Near riot in Ipswich as threshing-machine breakers are sent to Gaol

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The Great White Horse Hotel (formerly Inn) at Ipswich: where the magistrate Sir William Middleton took refuge amidst scenes of near riot. ...
Saturday, 21 February 2015

21st February 1815: 2 Threshing Machines destroyed at Gosbeck, Suffolk

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Tuesday 21st February 1815 saw the igniting of a spark in agricultural areas that would consume different parts of East Anglia over the comi...
Friday, 6 February 2015

6th February 1815: George Coldham seeks a trial by Secret Committee for James Towle

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Dear Sir, You knew the arrangement which has made respecting the Prosecutions against Towle a Prisoner confined in the County Gaol that i...
Friday, 2 January 2015

2nd January 1815: The funeral of Joanna Southcott

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Joanna Southcott's (new) gravestone at St John's Wood burial ground , London. Photo by David Bingham ( cc license ). See below f...
Wednesday, 31 December 2014

31st December 1814: John Lee asks the Home Office if they support the prosecution of the former spy, Joseph Taylor

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By the end of 1814, time had caught up with the former spy, Joseph Taylor, who had been caught out extorting money from the well-to-do in La...

31st December 1814: The dissection of Joanna Southcott

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks pr...
Tuesday, 30 December 2014

30th December 1814: Joanna Southcott's followers remain convinced she will rise from the dead

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks ...
Monday, 29 December 2014

29th December 1814: Dr. Richard Recce is concerned about the remains of Joanna Southcott

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks ...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

28th December 1814: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin visits Garnerin's 'Phantasmagoria' in London

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By Wednesday 28th December 1814, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was back in London, after returning from her elopement to the continent with P...
Saturday, 27 December 2014

27th December 1814: The death of Joanna Southcott

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Joanna Southcott, as depicted by William Sharp in a print of an engraving from 1812. Sharp was a former radical turned millenarian conv...
Friday, 26 December 2014

26th December 1814: A report about the ailing Joanna Southcott

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The Leeds Intelligencer of Monday 26 December 1814 published an update on the ailing Joanna Southcott: JOHANNA SOUTHCOTT. The extravagant ...
Sunday, 21 December 2014

21st December 1814: The death of the prisoner John Baines the elder

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'Hulks in Portsmouth Harbour' by Thomas Christopher Hofland , c.1830. The Halifax prisoners were held in ships similar to these at...
Saturday, 20 December 2014

20th December 1814: Lancashire Calico Masters call for the disbanding of the Journeymen's Union

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Dog-Tavern , Manchester , 20 th Dec. 1814. TO THE JOURNEYMAN CALICO PRINTERS, CUTTERS, AND DRAWERS. AN ADDRESS from the MASTER CALIC...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

3rd December 1814: Joanna Southcott's health deteriorates

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MRS. SOUTHCOTT. Official Bulletin .—A material alteration has taken place within the last three days, in Mrs. Southcott’s situation. On ...
Tuesday, 2 December 2014

2nd December 1814: The government charges Charles Sutton with a 'criminal information' for libel

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Around Friday 2nd December 1814, the proprietor of the Nottingham Review, Charles Sutton, was charged by the Attorney General with a 'cr...
Saturday, 29 November 2014

29th November 1814: The Times newspaper automates their printing operation

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The Tuesday morning 29th November 1814 edition of The Times was the first one printed using the new automated steam-powered printing pres...
Wednesday, 19 November 2014

19th November 1814: Joanna Southcott leaves directions as to what should happen if she dies

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Saturday Evening, Nov 19, 1814.—Joanna sent for Dr. Reece, and gave him directions what he is to do; in case she should die, she wishes him ...
Tuesday, 11 November 2014

11th November 1814: The Hosier William Woodcock reports to the Home Office about spies & informers amongst Framework-knitters & Luddites

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Mansfield 11th November 1814. Sir Several months elapsed after your Communication of the eighteenth of February last before I could enga...
Wednesday, 5 November 2014

5th November 1814: Joanna Southcott writes to the press to decry a hoax letter

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JOANNA SOUTHCOTT. The following letter appeared in the Observer of Sunday last, and made a considerable impression on the believers of ...
Wednesday, 29 October 2014

29th October 1814: The Nottingham solicitor, Louis Allsop, reports that he has entrapped Charles Sutton

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Nottingham 29th Oct. 1814.— My Lord.— I entertain a strong hope, that my Letter to Mr. Addington will have rendered an explanation suff...