Tag: 18th century Records and researchThe 1794 trial of Thomas Hardy: ‘New-fangled treasons’Tuesday 21 March 2023Discover an attempt to reimagine treason as a primarily political crime aimed at the...Records and researchThe scandalous case of The North Briton number 45Wednesday 15 June 2022John Wilkes is one of the most scandalous and fascinating figures of late 18th-century...Records and researchThe burning of HMS GaspeeThursday 9 June 2022On the afternoon of 9 June 1772, the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee ran...Records and researchWar, crops and inflation: Nothing newFriday 20 May 2022One of the repercussions of world events at present is the shortage of grain...Records and researchHannah More: A woman of lettersMonday 28 March 2022Hannah More (1745-1833) used her pen and her literary talents to promote four main...Records and researchThe South Sea Bubble of 1720Friday 18 September 2020This year marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most famous financial crashes...Behind the scenesPreparing a highly fragmented book for digitisationFriday 27 April 2018At The National Archives, before a historical document is digitised, it passes through a...Behind the scenesTransatlantic journey: transporting the ‘Holland Map’Wednesday 2 September 2015For the first time in 250 years the ‘Holland Map’, Samuel Holland’s map of...