Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Elizabeth Powell
Standard Name: Powell, Elizabeth
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21 March 1716: Elizabeth Powell, whose husband had gone...
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21 March 1716
Elizabeth Powell
, whose husband had gone into hiding after publishing Jacobite material, issued the first and only number of a new periodical, for which she was arrested.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
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6 November 1719: A nineteen-year-old journeyman, John Matthews,...
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6 November 1719
A nineteen-year-old journeyman, John Matthews
, was hanged for his part in printing the Jacobite tract Vox Populi, Vox Dei—the only such punishment under the Treason Act, 1707 (Royal Assent 1708).
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.