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Regency Travel: The Town Chariot

By Anne | May 16, 2021 - 10:01 am |June 1, 2021 Regency Travel

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English Pleasure Carriages (1837) And here is what the critics said about Adams The Town Chariot, or Coupe, would have had two seats in the Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Table Manners

By Anne | January 16, 2021 - 6:38 am |February 9, 2021 Regency Culture and Society

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Dining may be one of the most rigid exercises in etiquette, with many rules of decorum to keep in mind. Some of these maxims, from Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Letter to a Young Lady with Introductory Knowledge of the World

By Anne | February 6, 2018 - 1:12 pm |February 8, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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This letter from a more worldly sister appeared in the February 1808 issue of La Belle Assemblee, and is reminiscent of a letter from brother Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Letter from a Young Gentleman to His Sister

By Anne | May 10, 2017 - 8:43 am |May 19, 2017 Regency Culture and Society

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Appearing in the Lady’s Monthly Museum (1803, Volume 11), this letter from a young gentleman to his sister is everything a letter from a big Continue →