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Monday, August 21, 2023
“Complying with her constitution’s earnest call”
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Sarah Robinson (1720–1795, shown here) was the younger sister of Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu . In 1748 Robinson started sharing a house ...
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Saturday, August 19, 2023
“A sweet pretty nostrum, quite pleasant and new”
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After Christopher Anstey won Lady Anna Miller ’s biweekly poetry contest at Batheaston on 3 Dec 1778, as described yesterday , he waved asi...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
“The accomplishments of her mind”
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On Friday, 18 August, the American Revolution Institute will host one of its “Lunch Bite” seminars , looking at a copy of Catharine Macaulay...
Monday, January 16, 2023
“Poor Mrs. Macaulay! She is irrecoverably fallen.”
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In October 1778, the historian Catharine Macaulay left Bath and the home she shared with the Rev. Thomas Wilson . One possible reason for...
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