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Jessica Gregory
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How hostilities between the US and Britain affected the whale oil trade in the 19th century
Whales provided lubricant for machinery during the industrial revolution, fuel for lamps and their baleen was used in items such as corsets and umbrellas.
Jessica Gregory
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19th century letters reveal the mood in Britain when inflation reached the highest levels in history
The incredible rise was fuelled by 20 years of Napoleonic Wars and a demand spike provoked by the industrial revolution.
Jessica Gregory
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A succession of bad wheat harvests caused a bread crisis in Britain in 1795
A number of bread riots broke out as hungry people vented their ire.
Jessica Gregory
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