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A coloured engraving of the Peterloo massacre, with handwritten text beneath.

Document of the Week: “A Meeting of the Radical Reformers” (1819) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills, is a coloured engraving of the “Peterloo Massacre” Read more →

Dr Mary Wills

Published 17th August, 2026

Text reading Thomas Paine to the People of England, on the Invasion of England

Document of the Week: “Thomas Paine to the People of England” (1804) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Academic Liaison Manager, Dr Catherine Bateson, an 1804 pamphlet page published by Thomas Paine. Read more →

Dr Catherine Bateson

Published 29th June, 2026

Printed text reading Corn Law Rhymes; Printed by order of the Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread-Tax.

Document of the Week: Corn Law Rhymes (1831) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Academic Liaison Manager, Dr Catherine Bateson. It is a ballad poem from a book of anti-Corn Law rhymes written in the early 1830s. Read more →

Dr Catherine Bateson

Published 30th March, 2026

Section of a page of typed text titled By the King. A Proclamation.

Document of the Week: Royal Proclamation Forbidding Travel From Ireland (1799) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Editor, Dr Tommy Dolan. It is a royal proclamation issued by King George III on 15 March 1799. Read more →

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 9th February, 2026

A section of the print The Radical Ladder by George Cruikshank, showing Queen Caroline at the top of a stepladder attempting to burn the royal crown.

Document of the Week: “The Radical Ladder” (1820) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills. Taken from our new primary source collection, Radicalism and Popular Protest in Georgian Britain, c. 1714–1832, it is a print by the caricaturist, George Cruikshank. Read more →

Dr Mary Wills

Published 19th January, 2026

A print of politicians dancing around a maypole with the decapitated heads of the Cato Street conspirators atop it. Captioned A May Day Garland for 1820.

Document of the Week: A Coded Speech Relating to the Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820 Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills. Taken from our new primary source collection, Radicalism and Popular Protest in Georgian Britain, c. 1714–1832, it is a fascinating coded speech used as evidence against the Cato Street conspirators. Read more →

Dr Mary Wills

Published 17th November, 2025

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Radicalism and Popular Protest in Georgian Britain, c. 1714–1832 Media

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Document of the Week: “A Meeting of the Radical Reformers” (1819) Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “Thomas Paine to the People of England” (1804) Document of the Week

Document of the Week: Corn Law Rhymes (1831) Document of the Week

Document of the Week: Royal Proclamation Forbidding Travel From Ireland (1799) Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “The Radical Ladder” (1820) Document of the Week

Document of the Week: A Coded Speech Relating to the Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820 Document of the Week

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