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Georgian Newspaper Project
Find out about life in Georgian Bath.
This database contains brief summaries of articles, advertisements and notices in the Bath Chronicle newspaper, for selected years between 1770 and 1800.
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| Employment: servant wanted, preferably in livery, who can dress hair & knows the business of a house, etc, to go with a gentleman to America. Apply to Messrs Brettons, jewellers, The Golden Eagle, Milsom St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 661/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: ## future prospects for USA, letter V from a Somersetshire man - "the rising states of the New World are the next in rotation to be the seat of Science, of the Arts & Arms -- & to be a Government of wide-speading dominion". Letter seeks alteration of mode of sending members to [British] parliament, "every man that has property should have a vote". Draws attention to Mr Pitt's motion on 7 May Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 662/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Notices: lost - at Bath or at one of the Inns on the Bath road at the end of March, 4 long rows of pearls of different sizes in 2 parts each sewn on a ribbon & fastened on a strong thick wire. 10 guin reward if brought to Mr Bretton, silversmith, Milsom St, Bath; or to Mr Box, jeweller, Ludgate Hill, London; same reward for information leading to recovery Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 663/ article:1 c |
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| Publications: "A New Map of the County of Somerset", from survey taken by William Day & Charles Masters, 1"/mile, on 9 sheets of Imperial paper, just published, 3 guin, sold by Wm. Day of Blagdon nr Taunton & Charles Masters, Wade's Pssge, Bath. Estates accurately surveyed & neatly planned by said Chas. Masters. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 664/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: food prices - a gentleman in Cumberland has given orders that the second course at his table should be discontinued during the present dearness of provisions & the money distributed among the poor every Sat (London, 26 Apr) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 665/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: upwards of 10,000 qtrs of corn from Holland & Germany entered at the Custom House [London] yesterday [25 Apr] & a great number of vessels with foreign grain now in the river but not yet reported. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 666/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Military: a petition to His Majesty from the sailors was presented. The sailors grievances a) that pay-tickets & certificates of wages due to them, might be discharged; b) that all agents of prizes be directed to pay forthwith the shares due to the petitioners; & c) that the part of the Navigation Act allowing British ships to be navigated by ? foreigners, be repealed (London, 26 Apr). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 667/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Mr Allen (stationer in partnership with Mr Evans on the Back), to Miss Stephens, of St Michael's Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 668/ article:2 b |
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| Deaths: Samuel Sibthorpe, esq., age 73, at Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 669/ article:2 b |
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| Property: auction - small f/hold estate at entrance to Weston parish, late property of Mrs Rachel [sic] Fear, decd. Consisting of 1 mssg, stable, garden, etc now in possn of Elias Weare; 3 mssgs; a piece of garden on an eminence nr the Church well suited for building, now in possn of John Brooks & undertenants. At the Christopher Inn, Markt Pl, Bath on 10 May by Thomas Bird. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 670/ article:2 b |
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| Livestock: stolen or strayed - aged black gelding ca. 14 hands 1" high, property of Mr Hippisley, from a field on Combe Hill nr the Brassknocker on Easter Sunday. Handsome reward to whoever gives information to Mr Francis at the Brassknocker so that horse may be recovered. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 671/ article:2 b |
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| Travel: Bath & Weymouth coach - from White Hart Inn, Stall St, Bath to Crown Inn, Weymouth, begins Mon 5 May & continues every Mon, Wed & Fri at 6am; fare ú1 1s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 672/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: JPs for the Bath Forum Division command that parish revels be suppressed, with victuallers under notice of forfeiture of licence. Revels occasion idleness, drunkenness, riots, gaming, all manner of vice, immorality & profaneness amongst the common class of people. Signed H. Walters, W. Wiltshire & J. Warren, 25 Apr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 673/ article:2 c |
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| Property: to let - for 7, 14 or 21 yrs, old mansion house "Place House" at Melksham. Partcrs & to view, apply Rev Wm. Stone at Melksham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 674/ article:2 c |
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| Politics: trade with USA - yesterday in the House of Peers, 1st reading for Bill for preventing any manifest, certificate or other document being required for any ship, belonging to the USA arriving from thence in any port in the Kingdom, etc (London, 29 Apr). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 675/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Politics: "scarce a County, City or Burgh from the extremity of Scotland to Dover Point, which has not petitioned for a more equal representation". Lord North is resolved to oppose Mr Pitt's proposed reform (London, 29 Apr). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 676/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Shelburne, Lord Dysart, Lady North, Hon Mr F. North, 3 Hon Miss Norths, Sir John Trevelyan, Sir Robert Burdett, Sir Jarvis Gresley, Sir Jervas Clifton, Sir Henry Mainwaring [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 677/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens - annual breakfast concert with band of horns & clarinets. Principal vocalists inc. Miss Twist, Mrs Hasker, Mr Jackson, Mr Matthews & Master Cook. Tickets 3s 6d inc. breakfast, at the Pump Room; booksellers; Mr Whitehead's music shop in New Westgate Bldgs; Mr Lintern's in Church St; Mr Phynn, perfumer in the Lwr Walks; & of Mrs Purdie at the Gardens. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 678/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Trimnell, maltster, to Miss Sally Clement, hoop-petticoat maker of Bath, on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 679/ article:3 b |
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| Charity: collection for support of the poor of the General Hospital at all places of worship next Sunday, 4 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 680/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: comment - Bath remarkably full this season, the two MC's Balls were very brilliant; we never remember the Theatre so elegantly filled as last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 681/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Sat, "The Pilgrim" with "The Gentle Shepherd" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 682/ article:3 c |
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| Music: ## letter to printer re. discontinuation of music at the Pump Room after a dispute between the man who presently holds the pump & the musicians, so they will not play any longer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 683/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: Lionel Lee, linen-draper, mercer & undertaker, uppr end of Market Place, Bath - large & fashionable assortment printed muslins, calicoes, cottons & linens. Likewise work'd, striped, check'd & plain muslins; work'd aprons & handkerchiefs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 684/ article:3 c |
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| Education: Mrs Bird has opened a boarding & day school for young ladies in Catherine Pl, Bath [on 24 Feb]. Terms, boarding, reading, English grammar, embroidery, muslin work, etc 20 guin p.a; French, writing & arithmetic ú25 p.a; entrance 2 guin. Day scholars 3 guin p.a & entrance ¢-guin (with dining if required). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 685/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## disorderly houses - owners & inhabitants of houses in Peter St., Bath (previously called Queen St) in St James's Parish, have entered into an agreement to remove the nuisance of disorderly houses in Peter St. The agreement is left with Mr Goodall, attorney in St James's Pde, for further signatures Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 686/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - all pictures, paintings, drawings, medals, old coins, fossils & shells of Mr Hamlyn (who is going abroad) [detailed]. Inc. works by Poussin, Brueghel, Cuyp, Teniers, Gainsborough, etc. At the Exhibition Room in Bond St on 15 & 16 May by Wm. Cross Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 687/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - spacious corn-lofts on the Quay, Bath, with 1 or 2 stables late in occup of Mr Robert Moody. Partcrs Stephen Fricker, coal merchant. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 688/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - for benefit of creditors of Mr Peter Appleby, all h/hold furniture, plate, linen, china, etc of said public house at the Queen's Head in Cheap St, Bath on 6 May et seq by Wm. Birchall. Brewing utensils, etc. inc. 3 large casks (one 700 gall), 20 beer-buts, 14 porter-buts, several puncheons, pipes, large brewing copper, mashing tubs, backs, under-backs, cisterns, pumps, coolers, malt-mill, etc. Akso 40 doz fine old port & ca. 50 galls high flavoured rum, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 689/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: house tax (established 1778) has produced - 1779 ú26,392 5s 9¢d; 1780 ú69,995 18s 6¢d; 1781 ú117,835 3s 2¢d; 1782 ú107,728 8s 10d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 690/ article:4 b |
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| Finance: taxes on men-servants which commenced 5 July, have produced - 1779 ú24,486 17s 10¢d; 1780 ú43, 891 4s 5d; 1781 ú46,677 2s 3d; 1782 ú22,285 4s 9¢d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 691/ article:4 b |
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| Finance: tea license tax has produced - 1780 ú5,660; 1781 ú7398; 1782 ú7,690 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 692/ article:4 b |
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| Finance: post-horse tax has produced - 1780 ú50,248 9s 3d; 1781 ú92,221 3s 0d; 1782 ú96,933 18s 0d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 693/ article:4 b |
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| Marriages: Mr John Prideaux, silk-mercer of Bristol, to Miss Grevile [sic] of Gloucester [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 694/ article:1 b |
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| Marriages: Mr George Franklyn, tobacconist of Bristol, to Miss Mary Partridge, at Henbury [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 695/ article:1 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Jones, son of late John Jones, esq., of Redland [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 696/ article:1 b |
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| Health: remedies - Dr Norris's "Fever Drops", testimonial. Sold in bottles at 2s 6d, 5s & 10s 6d at Dr Norris's house in London; Mr Cruttwell (Bath); Stuart (Bradford); Angel & Forty (Chippenham); Broughton, Swayne, & Mrs Maynard (Devizes); Daniel, & Hancock & Co (Frome); etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 697/ article:1 d |
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| Crime: slavery & transportation - American Congress having refused to admit any British convicts being purchased as slaves in the dominion of the US, the felons convicted of transportable offences will be sent to Halifax or Quebec [in Canada] (London, 3 May) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 698/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Politics: arrangements for Loyalists who suffered in American War - said to be 3 pensions of ú1,000 p.a, 12 of ú500 p.a; 18 of ú400 p.a; 30 of ú200 p.a & 10 reversions; 25 of ú100 p.a & 6 reversions; 46 of ú100 p.a; 62 of ú50 p.a Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 699/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Politics: the Court of France have permitted 3,500 tons of British shipping to go to Tobago, etc (London, 3 May) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 700/ article:2:00 AM |
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| News: Sicily - experiences earthquakes twice a century; the fertility of the soil explains the population, as very little agriculture yields prodigious crops there (London, 3 Mar). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 701/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Crime: Gen Qtr Sessions for Wilts resolved last Wed to take down a considerable part of Fisherton gaol & to rebuild it in a useful & commodious fashion. 24 separate cells 8' sq; prisoners kept in solitude; female prisoners to be treated as men but housed separately. Debtors to be kept distinct from felons. Felons removed from Fisherton to be housed in Devizes Bridewell (Salisbury, 5 May) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 702/ article:2 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Charles Jones, 2nd son of Henry Jones, esq., MP for Devizes [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 703/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - benefit of Mrs Simpson, "Cymbeline" by Shakespeare with "the Citizen" on 13 May. Tickets to be had of Mrs Simpson at Mr Didier's, Orchard St; & of Mr Fisher at the Box-lobby of the Theatre. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 704/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: auction - all h/hold goods & effects of late Mrs Elizabeth Chapperlin, decd of Milsom St, removed for sale to large room at Mrs Mary Dore's "The Thatched House Tavern" in Walcot St, Bath on 9 & 10 May by William Jefferies. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 705/ article:2 c |
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| Services: Bathwick Farm taken by John Hulbert, coach-maker, who has put a man in charge of horses brought to meadow there. Also several pair of horses to let on jobs, with/without carriages, by the week, month or year. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 706/ article:2 d |
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| Deaths: HRH Prince Octavius, yngr son of His Majesty, (born 23 Feb 1779), died last Sat (St James's, 6 May). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 707/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lady Wells, Sir Edward Bayntun, Sir Robert Throckmorton, Hon Mr & Mrs Hope [NOTP], Admiral Whitewell, General Gunning Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 708/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Rev Bernard Hodgson, LLD, principal of Hertford College, Oxford, to Miss Henrietta Sainsbury, at Chippenham, last Thursday [1 May] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 709/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Edwards, dtr of Mr Edwards, attorney of Bath, last week Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 710/ article:3 b |