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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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1786: Thomas Clarkson published his measured polemic...

Writing climate item

1786

Thomas Clarkson published his measured polemic On the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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1786-1787: £20,000 of government money was allocated...

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1786-1787

£20,000 of government money was allocated for the relief of distressed black persons and for transporting some of them to establish a new settlement in Sierra Leone.
Innes, Joanna. “The Domestic Face of the Military-Fiscal State: Government and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain”. An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone, Routledge, 1994, pp. 96-127.
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Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
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1786: Britain began shipping cotton goods to India...

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1786

Britain began shipping cotton goods to India (from which it had imported cotton until the beginning of the century); within thirty years the trade had become immensely valuable.
Marshall, Peter James. Problems of Empire: Britain and India, 1757-1813. Allen and Unwin, 1968.
87

Anna Seward: 10 January 1786-9 August 1787

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10 January 1786-9 August 1787

AS wrote, as Benvolio, a series of letters for the Gentleman's Magazine, cutting Johnson down to size in response to Boswell 's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides.
Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.
139-42

Maria Susanna Cooper: 31 January 1786

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31 January 1786

MSC 's eldest daughter, Charlotte Maria (born on 18 September 1765), her constant companion and the most perfect of human beings,
qtd. in
Cooper, Bransby Blake. The Life of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. John W. Parker, 1843, 2 vols.
1: 14
died when she was on the point of being married to...

February 1786: The New Lady's Magazine: or polite and entertaining...

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February 1786

The New Lady's Magazine: or polite and entertaining companion for the fair sex, edited by the Rev. Charles Stanhope, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Batchelor, Jennie. “Connections, which are of service . . . in a more advanced age: The Ladys Magazine, Community, and Womens Literary Histories”. Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature, Vol.
30
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2011, pp. 245-67.
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Hannah More: By 9 February 1786

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By 9 February 1786

HM sent Horace Walpole a copy of her poem Florio, which was dedicated to him.
Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
13: 361

10 February 1786: For her benefit night at Covent Garden Theatre,...

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10 February 1786

For her benefit night at Covent Garden Theatre , Frances Abington chose to play the comic male part of the servant Scrub in Farquhar 's Beaux' Stratagem.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 820, 861

Hannah Brand: About 14 February 1786

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About 14 February 1786

HB wrote the poetic Valentine for her sister Mary which she later printed first in her collected volume.
Brand, Hannah. Plays and Poems. Beatniffe and Payne; Elmsley and Bremner, 1798.
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Elizabeth Gilding: 21 February 1786

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21 February 1786

Elizabeth Turner (formerly EG ) died. On 5 March her husband preached a funeral sermon on her which he then published as Sacred Friendship: exemplified in the case of Elijah and Elisha .
Turner, Daniel, 1746 - 1796. Sacred Friendship: Exemplified in the Case of Elijah and Elisha. A Sermon, preached March the 5th. on the death of Mrs. Eliza Turner. G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786.
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Harriette Wilson: 22 February 1786

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22 February 1786

Harriette Dubouchet (later HW ) was born at 2 Carrington Street, Mayfair, London, the most fashionable district in the recently-developed West End.
Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber, 2003.
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Sarah Trimmer: By March 1786

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By March 1786

ST published Fabulous Histories, Designed for the Instruction of Children, Respecting their Treatment of Animals: tales of a hard-working and self-improving bird family.
Heath, Pauline. The works of Mrs. Trimmer (1742-1810). Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
90 and n76
Avery, Gillian et al. “Selected Bibliography: Sarah Trimmer”. Fabulous Histories; and, The Dairyman’s Daughter, edited by Justin G. Schiller et al., Garland Publishing, 1977, p. xiv - xvi.
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Mary Hays: Spring 1786

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Spring 1786

The Universal Magazine published The Hermit: An Oriental Tale by MH .
Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon, 1993.
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Harriet Lee: By March 1786

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By March 1786

HL anonymously published her first book: The Errors of Innocence, a five-volume epistolary novel.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
61 (1786): 234

Ann Jebb: 2 March 1786

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2 March 1786

John Jebb , husband of AJ , died in London after a rapid decline.
Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol.
7
, Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661.
603

14 March 1786: An order was established to prevent wards...

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14 March 1786

An order was established to prevent wards of the Upper and Lower Orphanage s in India (mixed-race boys) from travelling to Britain for education.
Neff, David Sprague. “Hostages to Empire: The Anglo-Indian Problem in Frankenstein, The Curse of Kehama, and The Missionary”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
8
, No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1997, pp. 386-08.
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Hester Lynch Piozzi: 25 March 1786

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25 March 1786

From ItalyHLP arranged the publication of her Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
263

Hannah More: By April 1786

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By April 1786

HM published, anonymously through Cadell , her Florio with her poem on the bluestockings, The Bas Bleu; or, Conversation, addressed to Elizabeth Vesey .
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
61 (1786): 263
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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April 1786: Maximilien Robespierre, speaking at the local...

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April 1786

Maximilien Robespierre , speaking at the local academy of Arras, supported the admission of women into literary clubs.
Birchall, Ian H. “Babeuf and the Oppression of Women”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
20
, 1997, pp. 63-75.
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Sarah Gardner: 15 April 1786

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15 April 1786

SG , in Jamaica, presented and delivered on stage the epilogue to a work of her own entitled Occasional Prelude.
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
5: 466

24 April 1786: The auction began of the Portland Museum,...

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24 April 1786

The auction began of the Portland Museum, the collection of rarities in natural history collected by the late Duchess of Portland , with help from the botanist Daniel Solander .
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2026, Numbered catalogues.
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Anna Maria Bennett: May 1786

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May 1786

AMB published Juvenile Indiscretions, A Novel, written in the style of Henry Fielding .
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
1: 375

Anna Seward: May 1786

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May 1786

AS , visiting London, spent a lot of time with Helen Maria Williams and her lively social circle.
Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.
144

Phebe Gibbes: 1 May 1786

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1 May 1786

An Anthony Gibbles whose burial was recorded at the Mission Church in Calcutta on this day must have been PG 's son Anthony , aged twenty-four.
Hopkinson, David. Emails to Jennie Batchelor and Isobel Grundy about Phebe Gibbes. 24 Mar. 2015.

1 May 1786: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Le Nozze...

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1 May 1786

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's opera Le Nozze di Figaro (in English The Marriage of Figaro) opened on stage in Vienna.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.