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This section of the website offers the reader an opportunity to  explore some of topics raised in the Bevan letters. The short essays below, each relating to specific entries in the letters, have been written by Town House volunteers. We will add to this section over time as more essays are produced. We would also welcome similar contributions from users.

At present, the following articles are available:


Georgian glass and its impact on window design

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Why Georgian windows were glazed with many small panes of glass and frequently adorned with shutters.

Based on letters dated:

15 June 1834, 18 June 1834

 

Women and private ownership in Regency England

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The legal position of a woman in regards to property ownership largely depended, until the Married Women Property Act in 1870 and its amended version in 1882, to her marital status.

Based on letters dated:

8 March 1849

 

Spittle, Scorey and Smith, lynch pins in the Bevan household

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The lot of the 19th century domestic servant.

Based on letters dated:

21 August 1824, 21 June 1834

 

 

Herbs, and humbug; Georgian and Victorian domestic medicine

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Were the Bevans helping themselves when they turned to the familiar medical remedies of the time?

Based on letters dated:

3 September 1824, 21 August 1824, 11 September 1824, 3 August 1829, 17 August 1831, 18 August 183121 June 1834

 

Going postal in the nineteenth century

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Why the standardisation of the British Postal System was so important to the Bevans

Based on letters dated:

21 June 1834, 24 November 1856, 26 November 1856

 

 

Innocence and The Vulture

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Examining the death of the child Robert Dewar on-board the Man-of-War HMS Vulture in 1856.

Based on letters dated:

18 November 1856, 21 November 1856, 24 November 1856, 26 November 1856, 02 December 1856, 06 December 1856 - 1 of 2, 06 December 1856 - 2 of 2, 08 December 1856, 12 December 1856, 16 December - 1 of 2, 16 December 1856 - 2 of 2, 19 December 1856, 24 December 1856 and 30 December 1856.

 

 

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