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What was typical of Ireland England court system in the 1700’s?
In the 1700’s there were Court proceedings called ExChequer Court of Equity Bill Books (e.g) in Ireland. I found records of one of my ancestors in the early 1700’s who was a defendant several times ...
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How to find the population and mortality in London during the period 1760-1834?
I have to reconstruct the graph showing death rates from infectious diseases and from all causes in London. But I have trouble with finding the data for the period 1760-1834.
In the graph are shown ...
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Where does Edmund Burke explain aristocratic eccentricity as a reaction to the influx of non-titled country gentlemen?
I am looking for the source of a notion of Edmund Burke’s that the English aristocracy turned to eccentric behavior in order to distinguish themselves from the “new men” who were acquiring estates in ...
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What did typical mid-18th century housing look like in English villages?
There seems to be a plethora of resources available that describe what mid-18th / early 19th century housing looked like in major English cities, particularly London.
But, I cannot find much ...
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Hiring professionals to transcribe historical documents
I'm sorry if this question sounds strange but I'm not sure where else in the world to post it.
I have an eighteenth-century will that I'd like to be able to read, but I have very little practice in ...
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To what extent does the dictionary of Samuel Johnson represent English as it was spoken in his day?
My understanding is that Johnson embarked upon his dictionary precisely because he found others useless or archaic, and that his work was very well received within his own time. But I wanted to ask if ...
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How many British navy officers were from lower classes at the end of 18th century?
Helping my daughter with a presentation about Cook, I looked for English sources about his biography and was surprised to read that he was a son of a farmer hand - practically, the bottom of the lower ...
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In Georgian England, what was a water-party?
In the early 20th century novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, there are several references made to something called a water-party, with no elaboration other than that it's happening on a ...
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Were high wages the root cause of the industrial revolution?
I was listening to a (German-language) podcast where this argument was made (translation into English courtesy of Google translate):
The decisive change came in [...] 1760 in England. And that is ...
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Who lived on Golden Square in London in the 18th century?
Is there a database or an archive where I could find a list of the inhabitants of Golden Square in London in the 18th century?
I know that a famous musician of that time was living on that square, ...
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In England in 1700, would defending property with lethal force be illegal at all?
My limited understanding is that without an extensive police force and good communications, much of what modern people would leave to police was handled directly. If so, were any questions asked of a ...
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What is a "Johnsonian world of clubs and coffee houses" in the context of 18th century England?
I was reading the biography of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Richard Holmes and came across this line:
[Coleridge had his] first unforgettable taste of the great talking-shop of London, the ...
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Reconstructing historic tide tables
I'm researching an event which occurred between mid-1794 and early 1796, but probably 1795; the even happened at a major English port with American shipping and a Royal Navy ship repair yard.
I ...
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Earning a living from teaching chess in 18-19th century England
Would it be possible for a common class person to teach chess or sciences to nobles during the Industrial Revolution? I think higher classes would be disgusted by the idea of a commoner teaching them, ...
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Why was the Cornish Militia stationed in Devon in late 18th Century?
On Genealogy & Family History SE, I asked a question about Finding late 18th Century service record of Francis Green in Cornish Militia?, and it looks like it will need a degree of luck to find ...
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How were Warrant Officers appointed to Royal Navy ships during the Age of Sail?
As I understand it, Warrant Officers got their name from the warrant issued by the Admiralty (depending on the applicant having the correct qualifications). From the descriptions I've read, these ...
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Sect in England in the 18th century
As far as I know, the church at the time strictly forbade all heretical manifestations and was very strong. So I could not think sects existed at that time. But reading the book by Victor Hugo, "The ...
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Horace Walpole on Richard III
Thus reads Wikipedia:
In Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III (1768),
Walpole defended Richard III against the common belief that he
murdered the Princes in the Tower. In ...
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