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Themes
- 20th century drama and theatre (5)
- Access (1)
- Art music and popular culture (2)
- Authors artists and activists (1)
- Capturing and creating the modern (1)
- Childhood and children's literature (3)
- Civilians (4)
- Clauses and content (1)
- European influence (1)
- Exploring identity (5)
- Fin de siecle (2)
- Freedom (1)
- Gender and sexuality (7)
- Historical debates (3)
- Legacy (7)
- Life as a soldier (6)
- Literature 1900 1950 (1)
- London (7)
- Magna Carta today (5)
- Medieval origins (1)
- Origins outbreak and conclusions (6)
- Poverty and the working classes (8)
- Power and politics (4)
- Privacy (1)
- Propaganda (2)
- Race empire and colonial troops (11)
- Representation and memory (2)
- Romanticism (4)
- Technology and science (2)
- The arrivants (1)
- The novel 1780 to 1832 (1)
- The novel 1832 to 1880 (5)
- The war machine (15)
- Theatre practitioners and genres (1)
- Victorian poetry (1)
- Waves of history (2)
- Wounding and medicine (6)
Creator
- Adelaide Livingstone (1)
- African Institution (1)
- anonymous [believed to be John Cam Hobhouse] (1)
- Benjamin Babbage (1)
- Bruce Seton (1)
- Colonial Office (1)
- Committee of Management (1)
- Egerton Smith (1)
- G B Shaw (1)
- G S Street (1)
- George Poulett Scrope (1)
- Gerry Raffles (1)
- Governesses' Benevolent Institution (1)
- Henry Hunt (1)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (1)
- James Bryce (1)
- James Williams (1)
- John Rushworth Jellicoe (1)
- John Thomas Beecher (1)
- Kenneth Cameron (1)
- London Orphan Asylum (1)
- Lord Chamberlain's Office (3)
- Metropolitan and Central Committee (1)
- Rodolphe Archibald Reiss (1)
- Royal Humane Society (1)
- Royal Literary Fund (1)
- S A Hammond (1)
- Sir John Wolfenden (1)
- Sir Winston Churchill (1)
- The War Office (3)
- The Committee of the Honourable the House of Commons (1)
- Uncredited photographer (1)
- Unknown (2)
- Valentine Green (1)
- West India Royal Commission. Great Britain. (1)
- William Acton (1)
Date
- 1779 (2)
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- 1817 (1)
- 1820 (1)
- 1821 (2)
- 1827 (1)
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- 1834 (1)
- 1838 (1)
- 1839 (1)
- 1843 (2)
- 1844 (1)
- 1845 (1)
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- 1848 (1)
- 1849 (1)
- 1850 (2)
- 1851 (1)
- 1852 (1)
- 1853 (1)
- 1857 (1)
- 1858 (1)
- 1914 (2)
- 1915 (5)
- 1916 (3)
- 1917 (4)
- 1918 (8)
- 1919 (2)
- 1920 (1)
- 1922 (1)
- 1938 (1)
- 1941 (1)
- 1942 (1)
- 1945 (1)
- 1948 (1)
- 1952 (1)
- 1953 (1)
- 1957 (1)
- 1958 (2)
- 1959 (1)
- 1964 (1)
- 1965 (1)
- 1998 (1)
- 2007 (1)
- 2008 (1)
Language
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![A Plain Statement of the causes of, and remedies for, the prevailing distress [page: [1]]](/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png)
A Plain Statement of the causes of, and remedies f...
Pamphlet, ReportGeorge Poulett Scrope, a geologist and political economist, wrote this pamphlet in 1832 - the year the Great Reform Act...
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Account about opening King John's tomb
Report, BookIn 1797 the tomb of King John at Worcester Cathedral was opened at the prompting of the engraver Valentine Green (1739–1...
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Account of poor prison conditions at Ilchester by...
Pamphlet, ReportHenry ‘Orator’ Hunt was a prominent campaigner for parliamentary reform, whose reputation for passionate public speaking...
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Analysis of 1000 injuries received in action and t...
Booklet, ReportThis is a secret paper that was written by Colonel Sir Bruce Seton to address the question of the degree of prevalence, ...
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Annual report of the Royal Humane Society concerni...
Book, ReportWhat was the Royal Humane Society? The Royal Humane Society was a charity founded in 1774 by two doctors concerned at th...
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Cabinet papers proposing that Magna Carta be gifte...
Report, LetterIn 1939, and again in 1940, Lincoln Cathedral’s Magna Carta was exhibited at the New York World’s Fair. This first overs...
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Description of the Liverpool night asylum for the ...
Pamphlet, Report, Illustration, ImageThis is a report on the work of a charity providing overnight lodgings for Liverpool’s homeless population. It summarise...
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European Convention for the Protection of Human Ri...
ReportThe European Convention on Human Rights is a pan-European treaty, drafted by a committee of the Council of Europe in whi...
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File on 'German attempts to fan Islamic feeling'
ReportThis is a file from the Political & Secret Department of the India Office. It contains a confidential note compiled by t...
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Fragments of an explosive bullet extracted from th...
Book, Photograph, ReportWhat is this? This photograph provides physical evidence of the use of explosive bullets in combat. It shows several ex...
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History of No.1 Canadian General Hospital, by Kenn...
ReportWhat is this? Published 20 years after the end of the First World War this is an account of one of the four main hospita...
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House of Commons report of boy chimney sweeps
ReportThis edition of the Report from the Committee of the honourable the House of Commons on the Employment of Boys in Sweepi...
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Human Rights Act 1998
ReportThe Human Rights Act received royal assent on 9 November 1998 and came into force on 2 October 2000. The purpose of this...
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Humble Petition of the British Subjects
ReportIn 1773 the British government established the Supreme Court of Judicature for Bengal. Controversially, the court limite...
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India and the war, instructions for the press
ReportIn wartime it is common for Governments to try to control the flow of information being released to the general public....
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