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Press cutting book Volume of press cuttings, apparently collected by Samuel Whitbread...

Catalogue reference: W/3935

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This record is a file about the Press cutting book   Volume of press cuttings, apparently collected by Samuel Whitbread... dating from 1792 - 1808.

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Reference

W/3935

Date

1792 - 1808

Description

Press cutting book

Volume of press cuttings, apparently collected by Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815). It includes material on international, national and local affairs, with cuttings and political broadsheets etc. Subject matter includes:

The London Corresponding Society.

Parliamentary reform, constitutional societies etc (rules), and printed broadsheets of several societies, e.g. Sheffield, Norwich, Warwickshire, Northumberland and Hertfordshire.

Impeachment of Lord Melville, 1805-6.

Death of William Pitt, 1806

Racing, sport, etc.

Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language

English

Immediate source of acquisition

Acc.5686

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/25c34584-424e-4160-8b42-09345e4ca33b/

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Within the fonds: W

THE WHITBREAD COLLECTION

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Within the sub-series: W/3934-40

Press cutting books of the Whitbread family

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Press cutting book Volume of press cuttings, apparently collected by Samuel Whitbread...