W3934

Press cutting book Volume of press cuttings, apparently collected by Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815). It includes material on international, national and local affairs. The cuttings concern society and political matters (e.e the slave trade 1787-8), shipping, taxation, curiosities, biographical material, political broadsheets, and manuscript memoranda

1777-1807

From: 1777 To: 1807

Contents include: P.1 Letter from George Washington to Lieutenant General Burgoyne, 1777. P.9 A satirical poem about Voltaire, 20 Jun 1778 P.13 Election of a burgess at Wigan, 4 Nov 1779, and election of Chamberlian of London, 12 Nov 1779. P.15 Letter from McGullett [?] to Samuel Whitbread claiming that England's position was stronger internationally (especially regarding the navy) than that of her neighbours, from the Exeter Flying Post 24 Nov 1779. P.17 List of the Navy of the United Provinces, 11 Jan 1781. P.18 The accounts of the East India Company, 19 Dec 1780. Ladies hairdressing advertisement, 19 Dec 1780 P.19 Report giving the background as to how certain City Companies gained their precedence over others, n.d. [c.1780] P.24 Report on money subscribed in Dudley and Wolverhampton to provide the poor with bread at a lower price, 30 Dec 1782 P.25 A Parliamentary speech, 9 March n.d. [c.1782-3] P.26 Elections at Westminster, 13 Feb.1784 Subscriptions to help the widow of Tobias Smollett, n.d. [c.1782] P.27 Poem on Mr.Fox, 31 Jan.1784 P.29 Details of the National debt, n.d. [c.1783]. Spain's decline attributed to her wealth, from the St.James's Chronicle Dec 1784. The evils of gambling, n.d. [c.1784] The death of Dr.Johnson, n.d. [1784] P.30-2 Articles on Voltaire (anti) and Dr. Johnson (pro), 1784 P.31 Report on English Tea drinking, n.d. [c.1784] National accounts, from Morning Post 16 Mar 1784 P.33 Memorandum [manuscript] on Messrs. Boulton and Watt's steam engine, 21 Feb 1785. Memorandum [manuscript] on Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, told to Whitbread by Mr.Smeaton 8 Jun 1785 P.34 Fire at Potton, from St.James's Chronicle, 26 Aug 1783 The cost of suing out a brief, from St.James's Chronicle, 12 Sep 1783 P.35 List of ships launched and where they were built, n.d. [c.1783] P.39 Proposal to build a prison in Battersea Field (as an alternative to deportation and execution), n.d. [c.1785] P.40 Election of Directors of the East India Company, 2 Jul 1785. Taxes 2 Jul 1785 P.41 Epitaph to Dr.Johnson, 7 Jul 1785 "On Convicts", from St.James's Chronicle, 7 Jul 1785 P.43 Taxes, from St.James's Chronicle, 7 Jul 1785 P.45 On Sunday Schools, from The Morning Chronicle, 3 Sep 1785 P.51 Coloured cartoon of Mr. Christopher Atkinson in the pillory for perjury, 29 Nov 1785 - related text on p.49. P.52 Invention of a sewing machine, 22 Jan 1786. List of Royal waste lands, n.d. [c.1786] P.53 Arrest of the Countess de la Motte, Paris, 22 Jun n.d. [c.1786] P.56-7 Particulars of horses to be sold at auction by Messrs. Tattersalls, 25 Jul 1786 [Loose cuttings from 1819] P.60 Letter from Mr. Howard [John Howard] abroad, from the Morning Chronicle, 17 Sept 1786. P.62 Information on Archbishops - their ages, children, etc. - from the St.James's Chronicle, 17 Oct 1786. The escape of Benjamin Grigson from Yarmouth gaol, 9 Dec 1786. P.63 Comparison of treatment of would-be assassin of King, Margaret Nicholson, with her French counterpart; details of torture etc., n.d. [c.1786] P.65 Loyal address from Clergy to the King following assassination attempt, and a parody of this address, n.d. [c.1786] P.66 List of Chief Porter Brewers of London, n.d. [c.1787] P.67 Remarkable occurrences in 1786, n.d. [c.1787]. Surface area and population of the European states, n.d. [c.1787]. P.70-1 Notes [manuscript] on weather, trees and crops at Bedwell Park, 1786-7 P.72 The character of the Duke of Norfolk, from The Morning Chronicle n.d. [c.1787] P.74 Motes [manuscript] on spring weather at Bath, 1787 The growth of Barley in England and Wales, 22 Nov 1787. Report of a "putrid fever" in Suffolk, 22 Nov 1787. P.75 Report on Sunday Schools from The Gazetteer 7 Oct 1786. P.77 Satire on use of language and vocabulary, from the St.James's Chronicle, Nov 1787 Defence of the French policy towards the United Provinces in The [Morning?] Chronicle 1787. P.79 The slave trade, in The Morning Chronicle, Jan 1788 A whale brought into Sunderland, from The Gazetteer, Feb 1789. P.81 Gall stones, from The Morning Chronicle 31 Mar 1788. Article calling for opposition by proprietors of East India stock to the Declaratory Bill on Parliament, from The Morning Chronicle, Mar 1788. P.82 Article on Rigby, referring to the Duke of Bedford, from The World 10 Apr 1788. P.83 Taxes, from The Gazetteer, 8 Apr 1788 P.84-7 Reports on the Slave Transport Bill, from The Morning Chronicle, Jun 1788 P.88 On West Indian Negroes, from The Morning Chronicle, 2 Sep 1788 P.89 Population figures, from The Morning Chronicle, 13 Oct 1788 P.90 Extraordinary powers of calculation of a negro slave, from The Gazetteer, 15 Sep 1788 P.91 Reports on France, from Woodfall's Diary, 29 Jul 1789. P.92-3 Tithes, from The St.James's Chronicle, Aug 1789 P.94 Foundling Hospitals, n.d. [c.1789] P.95 The debts of the East India Company, from Woodfall's Diary, 11 Dec 1789 P.96 Sonnet written at the time of Mr. [John] Howard's death, 27 Jul 1790 P.97 The death of Dr.Franklin, 28 Jun 1790 P.98 Letter from a planter in Jamaica, 23 Jul 1793 P.99 Extract from "The Farmer's Pocket Diary" in The St.James's Chronicle, 30 Aug 1790 Widening and repairing of roads in Bedfordshire, from The Northampton Mercury, 6 Sep 1790 [Eleanor Moore's abstract ends here] P.113 Obituary of John Smeaton, civil engineer, n.d. [c.1792] P.123 "Dr.[William] Dodd's last prayer", 27 Jun [1777] P.130-3 Death of Francis Russell, Duke of Bedford (d. 2 Mar 1802) and his will - cuttings from The Morning Chronicle and other papers P.155-6 Funeral of the Duke of Bedford, n.d. [1802] P.158 Leaflet on "The Invisible Girl - Incomprehensible experiment, the most surprising Phenomenon that has ever been witnessed in London" n.d. [c.1803] P.201 Cards for plays at Woburn Abbey theatre (printed by Webb, Bedford), n.d. [c.1806] P.203 Tickets (2) issued to S. Whitbread Esquire for seats in the Great Chamberlain's Box at the trial of Lord Viscount Melville, n.d. [1807] P.214-5 Samuel Whitbread's election addresses for Bedford Borough elections, Apr 1807 P.234-5 Bedford Infirmary accounts, 1807

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Whitbread, Samuel II,
Washington, George,
Burgoyne,
Voltaire,
McGullett,
East India Company,
Smollett, Tobias,
Fox,
Johnson, Samuel,
Boulton, Matthew,
Watt, James,
Vermuyden, Cornelius,
Smeaton, John,
Atkinson, Christopher,
de la Motte,
Tattersalls,
Howard, John,
Grigson, Benjamin,
Nicholson, Margaret,
Rigby,
Franklin, Benjamin,
Dodd, William,
Russell, Francis (5th Duke of Bedford),
Dundas, Henry [1st Viscount Melville]

newspaper cuttings, poetry, elections, Wigan, London, ships, Netherlands, East India Company, advertisements, City of London, companies, Dudley, Wolverhampton, bread, PARLIAMENT, Westminster, debt, Spain, gambling, tea, steam engines, POTTON, prisons, taxation, Sunday Schools, cartoons, sewing machines, horses, Archbishop, Great Yarmouth, CRIME & PUNISHMENT, brewers, POPULATION, Europe, Essendon Bedwell Park, Bath, barley, disease, Suffolk, LANGUAGE, slavery, whales, Sunderland, France, tithes, hospitals, Jamaica, town & local roads, obituaries, civil engineer, plays, impeachment, Bedford Infirmary