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Anna Brodie 1779-1864: press cuttings


{See also the Anna Brodie page}

Cobbett's Weekly Political Register 14 June 1823

Cobbett's Rural Rides, Weston to Kensington 1826

Mrs Brodie is always spoken of by William Cobbett as 'personifying' The Times.
Aberdeen Journal 9 July 1828

The libel case of Cobbett v. "Joseph Lawson and others". This excerpt
from the speech of Sir James Scarlett, counsel
for The Times, reveals who those "others" were,
and reveals that both ladies were present in court.
The Times 29 June 1833

Liverpool Mercury 5 July 1833

Cobbett's Weekly Political Register 6 July 1833

The Age 7 July 1833

The Age 28 July 1833

Anna Brodie found to be the registered proprietor of The Times.
Letter from Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor to the Northern Star 24 June 1843

Anna Brodie was rarely mentioned in The Times. Report from the Rolls Court, 20 July 1849.

Leeds Mercury 10 May 1860

The bankruptcy of Alfred Brodie. The last of Anna Brodie's rare appearances
in The Times, three years after her death, 16 March 1867

Location of The Gore, the estate is now covered by Gore Park Avenue and Gore Park Road

'Owners of The Times'. Pall Mall Gazette 30 June 1891

Report of a meeting of women Poor Law Guardians, Hastings, Sussex
Englishwoman's Review 15 April 1889


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