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Orlando includes short event entries, freestanding and embedded in author profiles, about moments and processes relevant to literary history and organized into four categories: Women writers, Writing Climate, Political Climate, and Social Climate. Explore the timelines by searching for date(s) and/or words or phrases associated with them.

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23 November 1752: George Ballard dated his preface to Memoirs...

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23 November 1752

George Ballard dated his preface to Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain . . . (better known as Memoirs of Eminent Ladies); it was published that year.
Ballard, George. Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain. Editor Perry, Ruth, Wayne State University Press, 1985.
41
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
8: 124
Staves, Susan. “Church of England Clergy and Women Writers”. Reconsidering the Bluestockings, edited by Nicole Pohl and Betty Schellenberg, Huntington Library, 2003, pp. 81-103.
84

Late 1752: A cargo of newly captured Africans on the...

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Late 1752

A cargo of newly captured Africans on the slave ship Marlborough mutinied off the African coast; this detonated a chain of adventures which left them all, at least for the time being, free.
Basker, James G. “’The Next Insurrection’: Johnson, Race, and Rebellion”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
11
, 2000, pp. 37-51.
41

1 December 1752: The Public Advertiser was launched in London,...

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1 December 1752

The Public Advertiser was launched in London, appearing daily except Sundays; from 1 March 1794 until 8 September 1798 it ran under a new title, The Oracle and Public Advertiser.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

Eliza Haywood: 19 December 1752

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Author event in Eliza Haywood

19 December 1752

EH published another novel, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, dated 1753, which on balance belongs to the new wave, though it has something in common with the pre-1740s novel.
Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto, 2003.
567-71
Whicher, George Frisbie. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Columbia University Press, 1915.
186

Mary Collyer: 1753

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Author event in Mary Collyer

1753

An anonymous novel appeared entitled The History of Betty Barnes: it has sometimes been attributed to Sarah Fielding , but is actually by MC , as literary historian Joyce Grossman has shown.
Grossman, Joyce. “Social Protest and the Mid-Century Novel: Mary Collyers The History of Betty BarnesEighteenth-Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol.
1
, 2001, pp. 165-84.
165
Grossman, Joyce. “Social Protest and the Mid-Century Novel: Mary Collyers The History of Betty BarnesEighteenth-Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol.
1
, 2001, pp. 165-84.

Mary Collier: 1753

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Author event in Mary Collier

1753

MC took a less physically demanding job as a housekeeper, apparently at Petersfield in Hampshire.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
225

Phillis Wheatley: About 1753

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Author event in Phillis Wheatley

About 1753

PW was born in Africa, probably in Gambia.
Wheatley, Phillis, and Henry Louis, Jr Gates. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. Editor Shields, John C., Oxford University Press, 1988.
144, 303
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr et al. “Phillis Wheatley’s Struggle for Freedom in her Poetry and Prose”. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley, edited by John C. Shields, Oxford University Press, 1988, pp. 229-70.
232

1753: The History of the Female Shipwright purported...

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1753

The History of the Female Shipwright purported to be the autobiography of Mary Lacy , the facts of whose life are borne out by Admiralty records.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
63: 20

1753: Parliament brought in a bill for implementing...

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1753

Parliament brought in a bill for implementing the first national census: it was rejected by the House of Lords as an infringement on personal liberty.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
87

1 January 1753: According to her own story, Elizabeth Canning,...

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1 January 1753

According to her own story, Elizabeth Canning , a maidservant, was abducted, after which she was imprisoned for days.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
23 (1752): 107-9

1753: The Irish Parliament failed to establish...

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1753

The Irish Parliament failed to establish authority over any annual surplus in its operating budget; from now on it avoided surplus by lavish civic expenditure: roads, canals, manufactures and building.
Butler, Marilyn. Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography. Clarendon, 1972.
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Shortly before 15 January 1753: A woman tried at the Old Bailey for prostitution...

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Shortly before 15 January 1753

A woman tried at the Old Bailey for prostitution and theft (stealing a client's watch) testified that she was not a regular whore, and only took the watch when the man went back on his...

29 January 1753: Henry Fielding published A Proposal for making...

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29 January 1753

Henry Fielding published A Proposal for making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, which he planned to do by establishing a county workhouse system.
Fielding, Henry. “Introduction”. Tom Jones, edited by John Bender et al., Oxford University Press, 1996, p. ix - xliii.
xliii

By February 1753: William Kenrick's conduct book The Whole...

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By February 1753

William Kenrick 's conduct book The Whole Duty of Woman was published.
Kenrick, a dramatist and grammarian, also translated Rousseau 's two novels, Emile and La Nouvelle Héloïse.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
23 (1753): 102

Catherine Talbot: 6 February 1753

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Author event in Catherine Talbot

6 February 1753

CT almost certainly contributed the larger part of number 27 of John Hawkesworth 's periodical The Adventurer, which takes the form of a letter from Night.
Fairer, David. “Authorship Problems in The AdventurerReview of English Studies, Vol.
n.s. 25
, No. 98, 1974, pp. 137-51.
142-3
Hawkesworth, John, editor. The Adventurer. 4th ed., C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, and 4 others, 1762, 4 vols.
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Sarah Fielding: 8 February 1753

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Author event in Sarah Fielding

8 February 1753

SF published The Adventures of David Simple, Volume the Last, a sequel to her first and most popular novel, with a preface which is probably by Jane Collier .
Sabor, Peter, and Sarah Fielding. “Introduction”. The Adventures of David Simple and Volume the Last, University Press of Kentucky, 1998, p. vii - xli.
xxxix

Elizabeth Griffith: March 1753

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Author event in Elizabeth Griffith

March 1753

EG became a member of the London stage community when she joined the Covent Garden theatre company.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Samuel Johnson: Between 3 March 1753 and 2 March 1754

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Author event in Samuel Johnson

Between 3 March 1753 and 2 March 1754

SJ contributed essays to John Hawkesworth 's periodical The Adventurer (whose contributors also included Catherine Talbot , Hester Mulso (later Chapone) , and Jane Warton ).
Johnson, Samuel. The Idler; and, The Adventurer. Editors Bate, Walter Jackson et al., Yale, Yale University Press, 1969.
339, 492

Alison Cockburn: 10 March 1753

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10 March 1753

AC and her husband , who had fallen desperately ill with a bowel complaint, left their friendly landlord's house near Glasgow and travelled by carriage through the falling snow to a rented house at Musselburgh...

Jane Collier: By 18 March 1753

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Author event in Jane Collier

By 18 March 1753

JC published, anonymously, An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, printed by Samuel Richardson .
Fielding, Henry, and Sarah Fielding. The Correspondence of Henry and Sarah Fielding. Editors Battestin, Martin C. and Clive T. Probyn, Clarendon Press, 1993.
xxxiii
Keymer, Tom. “Jane Collier, Reader of Richardson, and the Fire Scene in ClarissaNew Essays on Samuel Richardson, edited by Albert J. Rivero, Macmillan; St Martins Press, 1996, pp. 141-61.
146

Catherine Phillips: After April 1753

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Author event in Catherine Phillips

After April 1753

Already a seasoned traveller, Catherine Payton (later CP ) set out with Mary Peisley for North America.
Peisley, Mary, and Samuel Neale. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. John Gough, 1795.
79-80
Phillips, Catherine. Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips. James Phillips and Son, 1797.
61

Mary Peisley: Between 1753 and mid-1756

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Author event in Mary Peisley

Between 1753 and mid-1756

MP , on a journey of Quaker ministry with her friend Catherine Payton (later Phillips) , travelled nearly nine thousand miles to and around North America.
Peisley, Mary, and Samuel Neale. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. John Gough, 1795.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

5 April 1753: An Act of parliament naturalizing resident...

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5 April 1753

An Act of parliament naturalizing resident aliens in Britain, also called the Jew Bill, was introduced; it produced, however, a hostile public outcry.
Search for Deliverance 1492-1789: Law Proposing Naturalization of Jews. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/episode5/documents/documents_13.html.

5 April 1753: The British Parliament paid the daughters...

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5 April 1753

The British Parliament paid the daughters of the late Sir Hans Sloane £20,000 for his scientific collections. This transaction was previously laid out by Sloane's will from 20 July 1749.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
171
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Alison Cockburn: 23 April 1753

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Author event in Alison Cockburn

23 April 1753

Patrick Cockburn (whose health had always been fragile) died at Musselburgh of bowel disease, leaving AC to live as a widow for forty years.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Cockburn, Alison. Letters and Memoirs. Editor Craig-Brown, Thomas, David Douglas, 1900.
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