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Williamson

 

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Witness statement in trial for theft: John Williamson: "I went and got a pennyworth of gin. I had a newspaper in my hand; she said she had found a purse with bank notes and money in it to the value of three hundred pounds, and asked me if it was advertised..."

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: John Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

Samuel Pepys : [defence of the existing constitution of the Navy Board]

'and there, by and by being called in, Mr Williamson did read over our paper, which was in a letter to the Duke of York, bound up in a book with the Duke of York's book of Instructions. He read it well; and after read we were bid to withdraw, nothing being at all said to it.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group:      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford : [article on submarine warfare in the "Weekly Dispatch"]

'Do you read Blatchford in the Weekly Despatch? He is very good this week on "The Danger of the Submarine" and warns us again.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

 : National Review

'Tell Father the Huns haven't started to run yet. If he reads the September "National Review" he will be surprised at the warning of the writer against the Cabinet. It is well worth reading. It says that in the Black Week, Haldane didn't want any interference of England; Asquith didn't want any Expeditionary Force and Churchill saved the situation in ordering Fleet Mobilization "on his own" before the war. Also the Territorials at the event of war are untrained: we have no army really: all are practically recruits now in England.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Daily Mail

'Send an English newpaper (not the Daily Mail as we have it here) occasionally. We are forbidden to send picture postcards now. I am in a hurry to catch the mail, so I must close.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

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'I wish you would send me the Daily Mail every other day, & also magazines (Pearsons etc) would be immensely appreciated. I see by a paper of the 18th that Whitby and Scarborough have been bombarded. The photographs in it are very similar to sights very common here.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

 : [March magazines]

'Please send me April magazines. Have seen the March ones. The mud is awful — 3 mules drowned in shell craters last night, it is terrible.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

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'The newspapers amuse us here immensely — we read of the Ger[mans] being driven back by our chaps — in reality he is walking away of his own free will, as slowly and as fast as he likes to.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

 : Motor Cycling

'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Motor Cycle

'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Daily Mail

'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

 : Daily Mail

'Don't forget a cake & send Daily Mail every other day and Motor Cycle & Motor Cycling and the mags.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Newspaper

  

 : Motor Cycle

'Don't forget a cake & send Daily Mail every other day and Motor Cycle & Motor Cycling and the mags.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Motor Cycling

'Don't forget a cake & send Daily Mail every other day and Motor Cycle & Motor Cycling and the mags.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Serial / periodical

  

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'I received on the 3rd a parcel from you with biscuits and bulls eyes, and same time books and jersey with letter. The books are very welcome. I shall enjoy reading what I read before the war, but no matter.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry William Williamson      Print: Book

 

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