Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Thomas Armour, son of the deceased James Armour, writer to the Signet, ...
Armour, Thomas.Date: 1761]- Books
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Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mr. John Vicarage attorney in the Court of Exchequer, ...
Vicarage, John.Date: 1742]- Books
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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of James Brodie of Brodie, Esquire,
Brodie, James, of Brodie, 1744-1824.Date: 1772]- Books
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Ans. John Carmichael, Esq; &c. to the pet. of David Landale. C. Elliot, W.S. agent. S. clk. Answers for John Carmichael of Skirling, Esq; and his curators, and for James Christie, Esq of Durie; to the petition of David Landale, surgeon in Leven.
Carmichael, John, of Skirling.Date: 1793]- Books
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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of the officers of state, ...
Scotland. Lord Advocate (Montgomery : 1766-1775)Date: 1769]