Notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Our cause is gained!"
A big decision
In 1812, the people of the Potteries were struggling for their livelihoods. One government decision could make all the difference, but would it all come too late?
Ruin
Years of ...
Peace - 1813 petition from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
Peace meeting at Hanley Town Hall - a document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
People of England - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A restless and ambitious Usurper
Broadsheet outlining the dangers posed to Great Britain by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French army.
Napoleon had fought many successful land wars with the monarchies ...
Plain Answers to plain Questions in a dialogue between John Bull and Bonaparte - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Satirical Wartime Propoganda
Fictitious dialogue between John Bull (a well-known name used to personify England) and Napoleon Bonaparte.
It was produced during the Napoleonic Wars shortly after ...
Public Dinner - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising a Public Dinner for the local volunteer corps
Hand-written letter seeking subscriptions from local businessmen for a public dinner in honour of the Longport Volunteer Corps "return from ...
Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...
The Loyal Pottery Volunteer Cavalry - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Printed notice announcing the decisions made at a meeting on May 1st 1798 at the Swann Inn, Hanley.
The meeting was due to discuss arrangements for the Pottery Volunteer Cavalry and to enlist more ...
To the Householders Residing in Burslem, Tunstall, Longport and Cobridge - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Printed notice from H. Henshall requesting that residents of Burslem, Tunstall, Longport and Cobridge attend a meeting on May 15th 1798.
The meeting was called to discuss the formation of a local defence ...
Tunstall Volunteers - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Printed notice highlighting the resolutions from a meeting, which took place on August 8th, 1803, at the Lamb Inn, Tunstall.
At the meeting, local inhabitants and manufacturers decided to form a volunteer ...
Volunteer Corps Business - Burslem July 29th 1803 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Volunteer Corps
The French Revolution in 1789 signalled the start of a very turbulent period in European history.
During the 1790s the French Revolutionary government waged war on much of Europe, ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Military Association in Hanley Shelton and Stoke
Revolutionary France had declared war with Great Britain in 1793.
Fears of a French invasion had been growing.
Resolved Unanimously
This notice ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
MILITIA
Fear of invasion by Napoleon's French army was growing in Great Britain in 1803.
In times like these men could be called upon by law to serve with the local militia or the general army.
Various ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Battle of Leipzig
Document describing the emotional scenes between victorious leaders in the aftermath of Napoleon's most decisive defeat at Leipzig, Germany.
Nearing the end of the Napoleonic ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A Collection for the Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar
Hand-written subscription notice for a collection to assist the wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in the wake of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ...