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Regency Advertisements: Hudson’s Bay Stock

By Anne | June 22, 2024 - 7:23 am |June 29, 2024 Regency Advertisements, Regency Economy

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This ad appeared in Oracle and the Daily Advertiser – Thursday 10 November 1803. The Hudson’s Bay Company, established around 1670, had a commercial monopoly Continue →

Regency Travel: Prices of Vehicles

By Anne | April 20, 2024 - 7:00 am |April 26, 2024 Regency Economy, Regency Travel

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The Traveller’s Oracle; Or, Maxims for Locomotion: Horse and carriage keeper’s oracle ; Rules for purchasing and keeping or jobbing horses and carriages ; Estimates Continue →

Regency Economy: Cheesemongers

By Anne | December 30, 2023 - 7:11 am |January 13, 2024 Regency Economy

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The Complete Book of Trades, Or the Parents’ Guide and Youths’ Instructor (1837) Fascinating insight into one of the trades of the Regency. For other Continue →

Regency Economy: Cheat Sheet of Money for Young Ladies

By Anne | September 18, 2022 - 7:48 am |October 4, 2022 Regency Economy

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These handy tables appeared in the 1820 The Young Lady’s Guide to Practical Arithmetic … To which is Added, the Method of Keeping Accounts … Continue →