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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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Elizabeth Strutt: 1837

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1837

ES published The Book of the Fathers, Containing the Lives of Celebrated Fathers of the Christian Church, and the Spirit of their Writings.
Strutt, Elizabeth. The Book of the Fathers. J. W. Parker, 1837.
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Catherine Sinclair: 1837

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Author event in Catherine Sinclair

1837

CS published at Edinburgh through William Whyte and Co.Modern Society, or, The March of Intellect, The Conclusion of Modern Accomplishments, designed for young people as a sequel to her earlier March of Intellect book.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Mary Shelley: Early 1837

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Author event in Mary Shelley

Early 1837

MS promised that she would soon be publishing her father 's posthumous memoirs, completed and edited by herself.
Conger, Syndy McMillen. “Multivocality in Mary Shelley’s Unfinished Memoirs of Her Father”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
9
, No. 3, 1998, pp. 303-22.
303, 319n1

Julia Pardoe: 1837

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1837

The first of JP 's two travel books about Turkey, The City of the Sultan; and, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1836, was published.
Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research, 1996.
166: 294

Mary Palmer : 1837

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1837

A sample of MP 's local writing appeared in print at Exeter and London as A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect in 23 pages, ascribed only to a Lady.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Catherine Gore : 1837

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1837

CG , as the authoress of Mrs. Armytage, &c., published a novel entitled Stokeshill Place; or, The Man of Business.
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.

Sarah Josepha Hale: January 1837

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Author event in Sarah Josepha Hale

January 1837

SJH , already editor of the Ladies' Magazine, stayed on when its purchase by Louis Godey produced the germ of the famous Godey's Lady's Book, of which she remained editor till 1877.
Okker, Patricia. Our Sister Editors. University of Georgia Press, 1995, p. 264 pp.
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Tonkovich, Nicole. Domesticity with a Difference. University Press of Mississippi, 1997.
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Sarah Josepha Hale: 1837

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1837

SJH edited an anthology entitled The Ladies' Wreath, A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America . . . Prepared Especially for Young Ladies. A Gift-Book for All Seasons.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Anna Maria Hall: 1837

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1837

Writing as the author of Sketches of Irish Character, AMH published a three-volume novel entitled Uncle Horace.
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.
Keane, Maureen. Mrs. S.C. Hall: A Literary Biography. Colin Smythe, 1997.
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Hannah Kilham: 1837

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1837

HK 's step-daughter Sarah Biller published her Memoir of the late Hannah Kilham, chiefly compiled from Her Journal.
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.

L. E. L.: 1837

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1837

LEL completed her only play, entitled The Triumph of Lucca; or, Castruccio Castucani.
L. E. L. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, 1997, p. various pages.
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Anne Mozley: 1837

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1837

The first of AM 's publications (all her works were anonymous, and were first identified as hers in the memoir by Bishop John Wordsworth ) appeared this year: an anthology entitled Passages from the Poets.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Wordsworth, John, Bishop of Salisbury, and Anne Mozley. “Memoir”. Essays from "Blackwood", edited by F. Mozley and F. Mozley, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892, p. xii - xx.
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1837: The debate over sacramental wine raged in...

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1837

The debate over sacramental wine raged in the temperance movement: Rev. Beardsall of Manchester campaigned for the substitution of grape juice or unfermented wine at the altar.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
69-70, 72

1837: Black musician Frank Johnson and his Philadelphia...

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1837

Black musician Frank Johnson and his Philadelphia band were the first American band to tour Britain.
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and its Business. Oxford University Press, 1988.
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1837: Second-class compartment coaches were established...

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1837

Second-class compartment coaches were established in England.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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1837: Limelight was first reliably employed in...

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1837

Limelight was first reliably employed in theatre productions.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Rees, Terence. Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas. Society for Theatre Research, 1978.
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Booth, Michael R. Victorian Spectacular Theatre, 1850-1910. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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1837: The Government School of Design was established...

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1837

The Government School of Design was established in London.
Callen, Anthea. Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914. Astragal Books, 1980.
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1837: D. Nicholson founded a wholesale mantle manufactory...

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1837

D. Nicholson founded a wholesale mantle manufactory to supply ready-made clothes to shops.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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1837: English landscape painter John Constable...

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1837

English landscape painter John Constable died.
Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. Barrie and Jenkins, 1978.
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Chilvers, Ian, editor. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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1837-1840: Epidemics of smallpox ran through the United...

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1837-1840

Epidemics of smallpox ran through the United Kingdom, killing over 42,000 people, mostly babies and young children.
Smith, John R. The Speckled Monster: Smallpox in England, 1670-1970, with Particular Reference to Essex. Essex Record Office, 1987.
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1837: David Nutt, with a bookshop at 158 Fleet...

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1837

David Nutt , with a bookshop at 158 Fleet Street, London, began publishing as well as selling books.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 228

1837-1838: The Select Committee on Transportation, known...

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1837-1838

The Select Committee on Transportation , known also as the Molesworth Commission, heard reports on the appalling treatment of convicts in Australia; transportation continued for another twenty years, virtually unreformed.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
272

1837: Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded...

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1837

Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded the Aborigines Protection Society to stop the slave trade and promote the spread of Christianity among the people of Africa.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
85-6, 89

1837: Legislation against abortionists was amended;...

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1837

Legislation against abortionists was amended; pregnancy terminations performed before quickening were no longer exempt from prosecution.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
157

January 1837: The London Working Men's Association prepared...

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January 1837

The London Working Men's Association prepared a Six Point petition for submission to the House of Commons .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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