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

Catalogue reference: W/3936

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This record is a file about the Press cutting book   Volume of press cuttings, collected by Elizabeth Whitbread of... dating from 1803 - 1814.

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Reference

W/3936

Date

1803 - 1814

Description

Press cutting book

Volume of press cuttings, collected by Elizabeth Whitbread of Southill whose bookplate appears at the front of the volume. It deals with foreign and domestic affairs, society and literary matters, and local occurrences (e.g. murder). Subject matter includes:

Woburn Abbey theatricals (cards as in W 3934)

Death of Henry Holland, architect, 1806

Poster for Birmingham theatre, August 1806

Tickets for the trial of Lord Melville [1807]

Chinese pagoda and bridge in St.James's Park, 1814

Inscription on the mausoleum of Charles James Fox, died 13 Sept.1806

Election broadsheet of Samuel Whitbread as Parliamentary candidate for the Borough of Bedford, 1806

Poster for Bedford theatre, 1804

Funeral of William Pitt, Feb.1806

Letter from Southill to "My dear Brother" with a poem in French (1786), n.d. [c.1805]

Cartoon "a scholar, a bald man, and a barber" 1801

Public speeches at Harrow, 1808

Murder of a Lidlington Farmer (James Crick) and his housekeeper, 1809

Related material

<p>For photocopy of press cutting book (original kept at Southill) "Samuel Whitbread III: his life and works (1830-1915)" see book 180 WHI in searchroom library</p>

Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language

English

Immediate source of acquisition

Acc.5686

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a6cb9d17-7c5c-48f3-936f-3cb37ba5bd1a/

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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, collected by Elizabeth Whitbread of...