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Press cutting book Volume of press cuttings, collected by Elizabeth Whitbread of...
Catalogue reference: W/3936
What’s it about?
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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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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W/3936
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Date (When the record was created)
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1803 - 1814
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Description (What the record is about)
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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
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<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>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc.5686
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a6cb9d17-7c5c-48f3-936f-3cb37ba5bd1a/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Within the fonds: W
THE WHITBREAD COLLECTION
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...