Thieving Rascals or Desperately Poor ?
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An informal, self-described amateur review by Brian Lemin (November 2021), written for members of the Arachne Lace list, on theft involving lace and lacemakers in England. It begins with a search for the rare "Transport to Botany Bay" lace bobbin and gathers newspaper and court accounts: the 1856 death of the child lacemaker Ellen Barratt at Aspley Guise, Mary Dormer's theft of bobbins, the transported convict Elizabeth Wicks, Charlotte Barratt, and the highwayman Tom Rowland. It closes with the transported convict Richard Dillingham and a photograph of the bobbin, and points readers to the Lace in Context project.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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