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26 December 1751: At Nantwich, Cheshire, Sarah Davies, a destitute...

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26 December 1751

At Nantwich, Cheshire, Sarah Davies, a destitute single woman with a baby, was committed to the House of Correction for an indefinite term.
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Easton, Fraser. “Cross-Dressing, Spectacle, and Plebeian Life: Towards a Reinterpretation”. Spectacle in the Eighteenth Century Conference, Saskatoon, SK, 19 Oct. 2001.

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