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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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| Finance: bankruptcy - James Vansommer [sic = Van Sommer] & Peter Paul, mercers of Pall Mall [& of Bath], certificate 6 May Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 617/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: executed at Ivelchester last Wed - Joseph Atkins, buckle-maker & gunsmith, (a native of Birmingham) for coining; & John Turner, (native of Warwickshire, who formerly carried on a buckle-making business with Henry Crane in the Cross Bath in 1778) for robbery. Records of both men given, inc crimes in Bristol & Bath area. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 653/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: ## Stocks did not yet get up. In Holland 3% Consols selling there at ú2 15s% for 10yrs. Some thought is being given to reducing the British national interest rate from 5% to 4% Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1546/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Lt. Nash a young officer in the 42nd Regt, killed in a duel (by letter from Madras to his father Mr Nash in Bath). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 623/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: post-coach from White Hart Inn & Tavern, Stall St, Bath, daily exc. Sun at 10am to Bristol & daily exc Sun at 4pm to Bristol & Hotwells, [no perfomer named] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 572/ article:2 c |
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| Crime: bady of an infant taken out of the necessary at a house in the Circus on Mon. Supposed to have lain there a month, steps are taken to discover the unhappy inhuman mother. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 626/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - stock in trade & h/hold furniture of Mr James Sutlieff [sic], broker, (quitting the business) at his house in Bridge St, Bath on 24 Sep et seq. by Thomas Young Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1317/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: Wm. Forty, printer, bookseller & stationer in Chippenham - also selling English & foreign perfumery [detailed]; & violet, orris, bergamot, Mareshall & other scented hair powders at 1s/lb Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 818/ article:3 d |
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| News: House of Commons - Bayntun's divorce bill passed (London, 3 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 833/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: scarcity of corn in Scotland - House of Commons passed a bill allowing the import of foreign corn into North Britain for 4 months from 3 Sep. Northern part of Scotland in the most calamitous condition - it appears that many of the poor Highlanders in Inverness-shire have died from want of provisions (London, 6 June). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 857/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Deaths: William Kite (servant to Mr Clavey of Frome) returning with his wagon fron Bristol walking beside horse which stood on his shoe & he fractured his leg. (3rd person in family killed by wagons etc recently - Mrs Kite's first husband, Christopher White, killed in Beckington on 5 Jan 1783 & his son, also Christopher White, killed in Amesbury on 30 May 1782. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 844/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Lansdown, farrier [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 839/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - William Hetling & Samuel Atlee, distillers, of Walcot, certificate 28 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 866/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Hooper, wife of Mr Hooper, printer on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 837/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: ## deal box with fishing tackle (property of Joseph Gayton of Hilperton & London) stolen from foreparlour at the Crown Inn, Frome on Tue evening 10 June. [Detailed contents] inc 50,00 superfine fish hooks, ca 60 doz do. tied on gut, 9,000 eel hooks, large salmon-trout hooks, several gross silvered rings for travelling rods, large quantity of single & double swivels, etc. If attempts to sell, 5 guin reward for apprehension & on conviction from Mr Holmes at Crown Inn, Frome; or by said Joseph Gayton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:2 b |
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| Deaths: Mr James Getley, one of the partners in the Iron warehouse in Small St [? at Bristol] [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 886/ article:4 b |
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| Agriculture: notwithstanding so great a scarcity of corn, the Kingdom would have had famine but for copious imports Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 904/ article:3 c |
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| Politics: America - copy of orders issued by Gen Washington ordering cessation of hostilities between the USA & the King of Britain to be proclaimed publicly tomorrow (Head Quarters, 18 April 1783). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 881/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Mrs Howe, in the Vineyards, on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 838/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: for sale - a large quantity of Herefordshire cider & perry in bottles & about 10 hghd of old cider, from Bond & Stone, corn-factors on the Quay, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 908/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - h/hold furniture & linen of the house, at 2 Fountain Bldgs, Bath on 25 & 26 June by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 910/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: St Michael's parish seeks Masters & Mistresses for several boys & girls. Apply to Overseers (J. Bowring & R. Ricards) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 847/ article:3 c |
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| Politics: reports of widespread opposition to new taxes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 865/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: [critical] reflections on the Receipt Tax Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 919/ article:4 b |
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| Marriages: Mr John Figgins, an eminent clothier of Chippenham, to Miss Burnett, a young lady with a genteel fortune [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 905/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Duke de Guignes, Marquis de Coiny, Count Lusignane, Baron Baterville, Chev. de Berancourt, Lord Dormer, Dean of Lincoln [NOTP], Rev Mr Coxe, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 902/ article:3 c |
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| Politics: Mr Fox attacking abuses of office noted that Lord Grantham & Lord Sydney had exacted ú30 for each passport when the real fee should not be more than ú7 10s. The sums received by them in fees exceeded ú5,000 (London, 20 June). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 920/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Charity: the sinking of the Royal George - the collection for the relief of widows has been divided, amounts to ú60 for the relict of each Lieutenant & 4s 6d for that of every common seaman! Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Inns: to let - commodious public house "The Hole in the Wall" in Avon St, Bath. Partcrs from Mr John Edwards, Lansdown Rd. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 914/ article:3 d |
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| Military: British prize money in late wars - Adm G - - - - - s on the Jamaica station, Lord H - - - e on the American & R - - - - y on his voyage & in the West Indies, all supposed to have made from ú150,000 - ú200,000 (London, 21 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 929/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Mr George Gay, son of Mr Gay, builder of Bristol, to Miss Harwood [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 906/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: last Wed, 2 fellows taken into custody after breaking into Messrs Pember & Co.'s sugar warehouse in Wilder St, Bristol. They had been robbing it for years (? London, 20 Jun). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 923/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/4, pasture ca. 2 acres at Turley [Turleigh] Hill nr Belcomb Brook, now in occup Mr Wm. Davis, baker. At Swan Inn, Bradford on 7 July by William James. Held by lease from Earl of Abingdon. Enq Mr Hughes, Warminster; or Mr Fowell, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 916/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: slavery - the Quakers of America have declared all their negroes slaves free (London, 24 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/4, reversion in fee (after death of Thos. Sartain, age ca 30 yrs) mssge & public house "The Pelican Inn" in the Market Place, Bradford, with outhouses, garden, etc., now in occup Mrs Stevens, etc. At Swan Inn, Bradford on 7 July by William James. Held by lease from Earl of Abingdon. Enq Mr Hughes, Warminster; or Mr Fowell, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 915/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Wm. Bush, linen-draper & haberdasher in Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 930/ article:2 b |
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| Marriages: James Holmes Goble, esq., of Burpham nr Arundel in Sussex, to Miss Methold of Bath, at the Cathedral in Chichester on Friday [6 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 868/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: theft - the stove pots & hullies in the river Avon at Twerton belonging to John Smith were robbed of a quantity of eels on Fri night last [27 Jun] or early Sat morning [28 Jun]. Reward of 2 guin for discovery of offender/s so they may be brought to justice. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 959/ article:2 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal BRISTOL - benefit for Mr Dimond, tragedy "Hamlet" (Hamlet by Mr Dimond; Ophelia by Mrs Simpson; etc) & farce "A Trip to Scotland", on 16 June begins 6.30 o'c. Tickets of Mr Dimond at 17 King St [Bath]; the American Coffee House; the Bush Tavern; or the printing office in Small [sic] St [all in Bristol] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 877/ article:3 d |
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| Law: Western Circuit - Baron Perryn & Justice Heath, Wilts at New Sarum on 2 Aug ; Somersetshire at Bridgewater on 23 Aug ; Bristol at Guildhall on Thu 28 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:1 b |
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| Travel: for sale - good post-chaise, newly painted, with a box to shift [sic], plate glasses & spring blinds, lowest price 30 guin, at Hamlen & Lee's, coachmakers, Monmouth St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 954/ article:1 c |
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| Health: remedies - testimonial from Paul Harding of Bradford on the efficacy of William Palmer's cure for the ague (William Palmer, surgeon, apothecary & man-midwife of Trowbridge, July 1783). Also, testimonials from Thomas Bythesea of Wick-house nr Trowbridge, & from Wm. Francis & Thos. Gulee of North Bradley Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:2 c |
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| Notices: trespass - any person/s who hereafter fish without first obtaining permission in the river Avon between Long Close & Newton Brook (which is rented by John Smith) will be prosecuted. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 960/ article:2 c |
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| Politics: Receipt tax - petitions against determined on by Bristol, Bath, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Gloucester, Rochester, Liverpool, Leeds, Salisbury, Taunton, etc. Petition from Exeter presented. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 871/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Brocas, after a short but painful illness on Sat [NFD - ? Bath] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Robert Cartwright Smith, esq., at his house on St James's Pde, on Monday morning [26 May] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 810/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Tho. Woodward, formerly a soap-maker & tallow-chandler in Bristol, in his 89th yr at Pembroke Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 823/ article:1 b |
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| Agriculture: Bath Agricultural etc Soc 10 Jun, contd - 2nd vol of Soc.'s papers being now printed to be presented gratis to members present at the Dec meeting; 1st volume of Soc.'s papers also being now printed for gents members in 1780 who did not receive this vol; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 880/ article:3 d |
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| News: America - last week, his Excellency George Clinton, esq., declared duly elected as Governor of New York State for the 3 ensuing years (New York, 4 Jun) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Politics: the Commissioners of Accounts delivered their 10th report to the House of Commons on Thu. Some ú170 million of public money is outstanding & unaccounted for in the hands of 6 persons (named in report) (London, 5 Jul) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:2:00 AM |