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Regency Fashion:Kensington Garden and Walking Dresses (1807)

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These plates and accompanying description for fashions for August appeared in the July 1807 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

Regency Reader Questions: Crime and Punishment in the Countryside

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Regency Reader Question Getting away with murder in the Countryside… So, I gather there were ‘Runners’ and ‘Thief-Takers’ rather than a police force in Regency Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Playing at the Haymarket (1806)

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Playing at the Haymarket Theater (see our post about the Haymarket) in July of 1806 was a play called The Finger Post, or File Miles Continue →