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Cobbett’s New Register

Cobbett's New Register is the annual journal of the William Cobbett Society, featuring a range of  fascinating articles and new research. Our current aim is to digitalise our entire archive going back to 1976.

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Cobbett's New Register
2022
Vol. 12 No. 6

CONTENTS

The Making of Rural Rides, John Stevenson and James        Grande, Annual Memorial Lecture 2021, page 1.

Recent Scholarship of Interest to Rural Riders, Elayne          Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi                 University Libraries, page 12.

Not Land Alone - William Cobbett’s Hampshire Estate,          David Chun, page 14.

Rural Rides on the Shelf at Adelphi University Libraries in Garden City, New York, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct      Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 20.

Cobbett Town Walk and Afternoon Tea Sunday 27 June  2021, Katharine Stearn, page 32.

Cobbett and the Natural World, Richard Thomas, page     41.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 51.

Minutes of the 2022 AGM, page 58.

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Cobbett's New Register
2021
Vol. 12 No. 5

              CONTENTS

Cobbett and the Paper Money Men, David Chun, page 1.

Cobbett in 1821: The Making of a 'Country' Writer? John Stevenson, page 10.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 19.

My Cobbett Interest from New York: A Visit, and a Collection’s Care and History, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 20.

God Save The Queen: A Caricaturist’s View of Cobbett and Queen Caroline 200 Years Ago, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, Page 22.

Cobbett and Allsop at the Chopstick Festival, Katharine Stearn, Page 32. 

Minutes of the 2021 AGM, Page 38.

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Cobbett's New Register
2020
Vol. 12 No. 4

CONTENTS

‘Orator’ Hunt, Radical Mobilisation and the Peterloo Massacre, Annual Memorial Lecture 2019, John Belchem, page 1.

Cobbett in Context: Tracts 1798, a Special Book in Adelphi University’s Cobbett Collection, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 18.

‘The Most Beautiful Things in the World’ – Exploring William Cobbett’s Subtle Aestheticism, David Chun, page 27.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 35.

Rural Ride 2019, Charles Stuart, page 36.

Cobbett’s Locust, Frank Thompson, page 46.

Chairman’s Report 2020, page 51.

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Cobbett’s New Register

2019

Vol. 12 No.3

              CONTENTS

“William Cobbett”, Annual Memorial Lecture 2018, Anna Pavord, page 1.

William Cobbett and the Accommodation Paper – Financial Recklessness and Retrenchment between 1804 and 1820, David Chun, page 10.

An appreciation of This Happy Land: William Cobbett on America, 1794-1835 by Molly Townsend, Penny Young, page 24.

Cobbett’s Gardening Books for America at Adelphi University, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 26.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 35.

Peterloo: What Happened Afterwards?, Dr Robert Sykes, page 36.

Weights and Measures from Cobbett’s Era, Mark Richmond, page 43.

Rural Ride 2018, Charles Stuart, page 46.

Minutes of the 2019 AGM, page 56.

Cobbett's New Register
2018
Vol. 12 No. 2

William Cobbett

by Anna Pavord, page 1.

An appreciation of Cobbett’s England, Folio Society edition 1968         

by Penny Young, page 4

How did William Cobbett Finally Achieve Election to Parliament in 1832?     

by Dr Robert Sykes, page 9.

Rural Ride 2017       

by Katharine Stearn, page 16.

The Citizens’ Project

by Katharine Stearn, page 17.

Cobbett Verbatim?  …Well. Not quite!      

by David Chun, page 21.

Cobbett in the Hone Collection at Adelphi University

by Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 24.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 32

William Cobbett, Brexit and Englishness

A summary of the 2017 Annual Memorial Lecture by Patrick Wright,

by Stewart Edge, page 33.

Appreciation: Sir Richard Body    

by Richard Thomas and Barbara Biddell, page 36.

Minutes of the 2018 AGM page 38.

Cobbett’s New Register

2019

Vol. 12 No.3

            

“William Cobbett”, Annual Memorial Lecture 2018, Anna Pavord, page 1.

William Cobbett and the Accommodation Paper – Financial Recklessness and Retrenchment between 1804 and 1820, David Chun, page 10.

An appreciation of This Happy Land: William Cobbett on America, 1794-1835 by Molly Townsend, Penny Young, page 24.

Cobbett’s Gardening Books for America at Adelphi University, Elayne Gardstein, Senior Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University Libraries, page 26.

Cobbett Verbatim, page 35.

Peterloo: What Happened Afterwards?, Dr Robert Sykes, page 36.

Weights and Measures from Cobbett’s Era, Mark Richmond, page 43.

Rural Ride 2018, Charles Stuart, page 46.

Minutes of the 2019 AGM, page 56.

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