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Regency Reader Questions: Distance and Visits

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Regency Reader Question How many miles apart was considered to be close proximity by most people? Would eight miles apart have been considered close enough Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking and Half Dress (1806) for Spring

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Regency fashion plate

These gowns for Spring appeared in the May 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblee with the descriptions below. Note the popular colors are straw, pink, Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: Hangers On At Inns

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plate of children snatching a regency era ladies purse

The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1818) describes any manner of criminals and criminal activity a visitor to Town Continue →