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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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18 June 1788: The Slave-Trade Regulation Bill was passed,...

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18 June 1788

The Slave-Trade Regulation Bill was passed, which for the first time applied controls to the slave trade.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Henry Grattan
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
58 (1788): 1146

Alethea Lewis: 19 June 1788

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19 June 1788

Fourteen years after the sudden death of her first fiancé , Alethea Brereton married Augustus Towle Lewis .
Shippen, Eliza Pearl. Eugenia de Acton (1749-1827). University of Pennsylvania Press, 1945.
11

Helen Maria Williams: After June 1788

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After June 1788

HMW published her Poem on the Bill Lately Passed for Regulating the Slave Trade. (The bill was that of Sir William Dolben .) She sent a copies of her poem to Robert Burns (who...

Mary Wollstonecraft: By July 1788

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By July 1788

MW published anonymously, through Joseph Johnson , her first novel, Mary: A Fiction.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
66 (1788): 74

Mary Wollstonecraft: Summer 1788

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Summer 1788

MW began writing for Joseph Johnson 's Analytical Review.
Kelly, Gary. Revolutionary Feminism: The Mind and Career of Mary Wollstonecraft. Macmillan, 1992.
80

Cassandra, Lady Hawke: By July 1788

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By July 1788

HC's single novel, Julia de Gramont, was published under her name, as the Right Honorable Lady H****.
Wollstonecraft, Mary. The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Editors Todd, Janet and Marilyn Butler, Pickering, 1989, 7 vols.
7: 27
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
1: 439

By July 1788: The publication of a Beauties of Rousseau...

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By July 1788

The publication of a Beauties of Rousseau marked his popularity in England.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
58 (1788): 635

July 1788: The The Literary Magazine and British Review...

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July 1788

The The Literary Magazine and British Review began publication in London. It ran until June 1794, changing its title at the beginning of 1791 to the The Literary Magazine and British Review.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Hannah Webster Foster: 29 July 1788

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29 July 1788

After HWF , three years married, had borne a child, the Salem Mercury related the death at a tavern of the well-born, unmarried Elizabeth Whitman , after bearing a child: this is probably the germ...

2 August 1788: The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the...

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2 August 1788

The painter Thomas Gainsborough died at the age of sixty-two; he was buried beside his friend Joshua Kirby (father of Sarah Trimmer ) in Kew churchyard.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Mariana Starke: 9 August 1788

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9 August 1788

MS 's first original play, The Sword of Peace; or, A Voyage of Love, a prose comedy in five acts, opened at the Haymarket Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1080

16 August 1788: De Brienne, the French Finance Minister who...

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16 August 1788

De Brienne , the French Finance Minister who replaced Calonne , announced national bankruptcy.
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
213

Charlotte Brooke: 21 August 1788

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21 August 1788

The Dublin Chronicle reported the proposals for CB 's Reliques of Irish Poetry, mentioning that a beautiful Irish type would be used for the printing.
Brooke, Charlotte. “Introduction”. Charlotte Brooke’s Reliques of Irish Poetry, edited by Lesa Ni Mhunghaile, Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2009, p. xxv - xliv.
xxxi and n46

Alethea Lewis: 26 August-6 October 1788

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26 August-6 October 1788

AL and her new husband crossed from London to Philadelphia in the ship Harmony, enduring on the way a storm in which two men were lost overboard.
Shippen, Eliza Pearl. Eugenia de Acton (1749-1827). University of Pennsylvania Press, 1945.
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26 or 27 August 1788: Jacques Necker was recalled as French Director...

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26 or 27 August 1788

Jacques Necker was recalled as French Director of Finances and Minister of State, with a brief to effect reforms.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
ix
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
213
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
119
Soboul says this happened on 26 August; Paxton says 27 August.

Sarah Trimmer: By September 1788

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By September 1788

ST published with Longman , Robinson , and JohnsonThe Sunday-School Catechist, Consisting of Familiar Lectures, with Questions, for the use of visiters [sic] and teachers.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
66 (1788): 248
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

Anna Seward: September 1788

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September 1788

AS contributed to Humphry Repton 's Variety, a Collection of Essays.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
58 (1788): 1008

2 September 1788: The theatre at Richmond, Yorkshire, opened...

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2 September 1788

The theatre at Richmond, Yorkshire, opened with George Colman 's Inkle and Yarico.
Theatre personnel. Information from theatre personnel about Richmond Theatre to Isobel Grundy. 13 Aug. 1998.
The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, (Richmond Theatre) North Yorkshire, UK. http://www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk/.

Lucy Hutton: 6 September 1788

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6 September 1788

LH died, probably at Beetham in Westmorland. She was forty-three.
Hutton, Lucy. Six Sermonicles. W. Pennington, 1788.
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Tabitha Tenney: 23 September 1788

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23 September 1788

Tabitha Gilman was married at North Hampton, New Hampshire, to Samuel Tenney , a surgeon who had fought in the War of Independence. He was to become a member of the US Congress in 1800.
Davidson, Cathy N., and Tabitha Tenney. “Foreword”. Female Quixotism, edited by Jean Nienkamp et al., Oxford University Press, 1992, p. v - vii.
v
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Davidson, Cathy N. Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America. Oxford University Press, 1986.
190, n69

Frances Burney: October 1788

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October 1788

FB began on her first tragedy, Edwy and Elgiva, as royal Keeper of the Robes during the most frightening phase of the king 's illness.
Doody, Margaret Anne. Frances Burney: The Life in the Works. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
179

Mary Robinson: October 1788

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October 1788

MR , as Laura Maria, published her first poems in The World, or Fashionable Advertiser.
Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen, 1994.
xii
Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, 2000, pp. 19-64.
63

Judith Sargent Murray: 8 October 1788

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8 October 1788

The thirty-seven-year-old Judith Stevens , after a year and a half as a widow, married the Rev. John Murray , the man who had converted her to Universalism.
Field, Vena Bernadette. Constantia: A Study of the Life and Works of Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820. University of Maine Press, 1931.
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American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.

Anna Maria Falconbridge: 16 October 1788

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16 October 1788

Anna Maria Horwood married (against the wishes of her family) Alexander Falconbridge , former surgeon on a slave ship.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Mary Berry: By 19 October 1788

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By 19 October 1788

MB brought Walpole two quatrains written in reply to his classical-style verse compliment to her and her sister .
Berry, Mary. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry. Editor Lewis, Lady Theresa, Longmans, Green, 1865, 3 vols.
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