Subscribers to Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions
(1785)
This book of poetry by 'Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol', received great critical acclaim and was rapidly reprinted. The third edition included these subscription lists for the first two editions.RUSSEL. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Valetudinarians (and the fashionable) at Bath
(1785)
The spa at Bath was a cynosure both for those wishing to take the waters, and for fashionable society seeking a little recreation. Lists of arrivals at Bath were printed in the Country News section of the Daily Universal Register for January 1785, generally speaking arranged in order of social precedence, headed by lords and ladies, and ending with unmarried women without title. The nobility lent these lists considerable cachet, and so may seem to 'arrive' more than once on a visit.RUSSEL. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Convicts sent to New South Wales
(1787)
'The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with a Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island: compiled from Authentic Papers' included as an appendix this list of convicts sent to New South Wales in 1787: giving full name (surname first), where convicted, date of conviction, and length of sentence.RUSSEL. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Merchantmen (1788)
The Columbian Herald of Charleston carried regular shipping news about movements and mishaps of merchant vessels. These reports typically give the type of vessel, the name of the vessel, surname of the master, and (for ships arriving) whence they had come, or (for ships departing) their proposed destination. Most of the traffic was with other American ports (over 700 ships a year), Britain (about 150), and the West Indies.
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1789)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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 Apprentices and clerks
(1790)
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 1790. IR 1/34RUSSEL. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Councillors
(1790)
Deputies and Common Council of the City of London, with the livery companies to which they respectively belonged: listed in the British Universal DirectoryRUSSEL. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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English Civil Servants
(1791)
Officers and officials of the various government departments, mostly in London, listed in the Universal British Directory. It includes the royal household, the departments of state, and public officesRUSSEL. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1791)
The list of contributing members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: those marked ** pay 5 guineas a year; * 3 guineas a year; those with P are perpetual members; those with a double dagger have served of office of steward; and those with a single dagger are stewards elect.RUSSEL. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Special Pleaders in London
(1791)
Special pleaders, draftsmen in Crown law, and shorthand writers, listed in the Universal British DirectoryRUSSEL. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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