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Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist  

Lynda L. Leitner

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist, was born on 17 December 1737 in Moore Street, Liverpool, to the Irish-born John Almon (b. 1706), seaman, and his wife, Isabella Thompson (d. 1744). Apprenticed to a Liverpool bookseller in March 1751, Almon...

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Griffiths, Ralph (1720?–1803), journal editor and bookseller  

Antonia Forster

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23 September 2004
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Griffiths, Ralph (1720?–1803), journal editor and bookseller, is said to have been born in 1720; most authorities give Shropshire as the place, while others simply mention that he was first heard of in Staffordshire. His father might have been called Thomas, as a ...

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Heywood, Abel (1810–1893), newsagent and publisher  

Margaret Beetham

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Heywood, Abel (1810–1893), newsagent and publisher, was born on 25 February 1810 in Prestwich, Lancashire, the youngest son of the four children born to Betty and John Heywood, whose second marriage it was. John Heywood, a ‘putter out’ for weavers, died in 1812. In 1819 his widow moved to ...

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Sibbald, James (1747–1803), bookseller and journal editor  

Warren McDougall

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Sibbald, James (1747–1803), bookseller and journal editor, was born at Whitlaw farm, Roxburghshire, the third of the seven children of John Sibbald (1714–1781), farmer, and Margaret Grieve. After attending the Selkirk grammar school he worked as a farmer, grazing his sheep at the farms of ...

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James Sibbald (1747–1803) by unknown artist © Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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Simmonds, Peter Lund (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist  

David Greysmith

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23 September 2004
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Simmonds, Peter Lund (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist, was born on 24 July 1814 in Aarhus, Denmark. He was adopted by Lieutenant George Simmonds RN—but his precise origins and the events leading to his adoption are obscure. The Simmondses were a naval family and their home at ...