Mary Ann Whitby was only thirteen when she arrived to take on duties as a nursemaid.
human interest
The remarkable gifts of Miss Margaret McAvoy
She claimed she could see through her fingers.
The premature and lamented death of Sir Samuel Romilly
Grief-stricken after his wife’s fatal illness.
John Townsend and the London Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
First free school for the deaf in Britain
The Triple Obstetrical Tragedy: Sir Richard Croft
He could not recover from the death of Princess Charlotte
London Bill of Mortality 1743
29 people died of imposthume. No, me neither.