 Clerks and apprentices
(1782)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1782. IR 1/31HUME. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Memoirs and correspondence of the 1st Earl of Charlemont
(1745-1783)
James Caulfeild, first Earl of Charlemont, worked for the emancipation of Ireland from the control of the parliament of England, and was commander-in-chief of the Ulster Volunteers. Here are his political memoirs, a calendar of his correspondence, and copies of many letters in full.HUME. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Soldiers, administrators, refugees and merchants in America
(1782-1783)
These are the headquarters papers of sir Guy Carleton, British commander-in-chief during the American war of independence. Many of the individuals recorded were part of the British military administration, but others are refugees and merchants whose lives had been disrupted by the conflict. These records cover July 1782 to March 1783.HUME. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Soldiers, administrators, refugees and merchants in America
(1783)
These are the headquarters papers of sir Guy Carleton, British commander-in-chief at the end of the American war of independence. Many of the individuals recorded were part of the British military administration, but others are refugees and merchants whose lives had been disrupted by the conflict. These records cover April to December 1783.HUME. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Captains of colliers entering the port of London
(1785)
The Custom House in the port of London posted daily lists of ships. The Coast List was in four parts - Colliers Entered Inwards; Coasters Entered Inwards; Coasters Entered Outwards (i. e., receiving cargo for a prospective voyage); and Coasters Cleared Outwards. Colliers entered inwards are listed by name with the surname of the captain, and the number of the wharf (usually 46, Pelican Stairs, or 49, Stone Stairs). These lists were printed in the Daily Universal Register. May 1785.HUME. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Captains of merchantmen at Cork
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried detailed lists of shipping news from ports around the world - arrivals, departures, ships in port, ships spoken to in passage - mostly, but not entirely, relating to British merchantmen. May 1785.
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Painters exhibiting at the Royal Academy
(1785)
From 29 April 1785 the Daily Universal Register of London ran a review of the new exhibition of the Royal Academy at Somerset House. The comments on the pictures are brief and often unflattering; nor are the artists always named; the pictures are referred to by their catalogue numbers. This is the index to the artists.HUME. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sitters for portraits exhibited at the Royal Academy
(1785)
From 29 April 1785 the Daily Universal Register of London ran a review of the new exhibition of the Royal Academy at Somerset House. The comments on the pictures are brief and often unflattering; nor are the artists always named; the pictures are referred to by their catalogue numbers. Jocular venom could not so lightly be included in descriptions of portraits of named individuals. This is the index to those sitters.HUME. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the News
(1788)
The Annual Register for 1788 contained a section entitled 'Chronicle', summarizing the year's major events in London, Britain and abroad: and to this was added an appendix containing the texts of interesting dispatches from correspondents.HUME. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1789)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1789. IR 1/34HUME. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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