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Letter from Agneta Yorke to the Countess de Grey, sent from Bath.

28 Oct 1819

From: 1819 To: 1819

Change in weather has brought on an attack of rheumatism. '...Wait in silent and awful expectation of what will be the result of this threatening moment, will the law get the better of the mob, or will Mr Carlisle triumph over the Christian religion? and Messrs Stuart and Co destroy the constitution.' [Referecnce to Richard Carlisle, political activist, and the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre at St Peter's Field, Manchester 16 Aug1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.] The writer feels safer under the protection of a party of Dragoon guards quartered in the area to help the volunter cavalry and riflemen. Lady Pollington is preparing for another lying in at Methleg.

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Yorke, Agneta,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Polwarth, Amabel Grey, Viscountess,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Savile, Anne [Lady Pollington],
Stuart,
Carlisle, Richard

family correspondence, Bath, general politics, rheumatism