Saunders Welch

Standard Name: Welch, Saunders

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Friends, Associates Charlotte Lennox
She met Sarah Fielding at Richardson's house, and became friendly also with Henry Fielding , Saunders Welch (the philanthropist, who later offered her employment), and Lord Orrery . She was presumably the Mrs Lenox with...
Occupation Charlotte Lennox
CL had the two daughters of Saunders Welch , Mary and Anne, living in her house at Camberwell Green for their education.
Isles, Duncan. “The Lennox Collection (Continued)”. Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol.
19
, No. 1, Jan. 1971, pp. 36-60.
55
Carlile, Susan. Charlotte Lennox. An Independent Mind. University of Toronto Press, 2018.
201
Textual Features Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins
This work extends and deepens the pictures given in her first book of reminiscences both of Johnson and his circle and of other people including women writers. LMH expresses admiration for Hester Piozzi 's letter...

Timeline

22 May 1758: Saunders Welch published A Proposal to Render...

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22 May 1758

Saunders Welch published A Proposal to Render Effectual a Plan, to Remove the Nuisance of Common Prostitution from the Streets of the Metropolis.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
42
Fleeman, John David, and James McLaverty. A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press, 2000, 2 vols.
1: 779

10 August 1758: The Magdalen Hospital (for fallen women)...

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10 August 1758

The Magdalen Hospital (for fallen women) opened in Prescot Street, London, after a considerable campaign to influence public opinion.
Dodd, William, 1729 - 1777. An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Magdalen Hospital, for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes. 5th ed., W. Faden, 1776.
5
Bullough, Vern L. “Prostitution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century England”. Eighteenth-Century Life, Vol.
9
, No. 3, May 1985, pp. 61-74.
71
Woodruff, James F. “Two More Johnson Pieces in the Universal Chronicle?”. New Rambler, 1999–2000, pp. 59-70.
63
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
49, 100, 184-5
Binhammer, Katherine. “The Virtue of Vice in the Histories of Penitent Prostitutes”. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 31 Mar. 2005.

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