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These diaries by Ralph Ward (fl. 1754 6) and Arthur Jessop (1682
1751) were first published in 1952 and paint a valuable portrait of
the trials, tribulations and pleasures of everyday life for the
middle classes in rural Yorkshire in the mid-eighteenth century. A
transcription of Jessop's diary from 1861 was first discovered in a
Huddersfield bookshop in 1927. A local apothecary and pious
community man, Jessop depicts the cycles of life in West Yorkshire,
displaying a very British preoccupation with the weather. His
diary, which covers the period 1730 46, notably discusses the
impact of the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Ralph Ward was a fairly
wealthy cattle trader, farmer and businessman in North Yorkshire.
He was involved in local government, which he describes factually
and clearly. His diary, covering the period 1754 6, also discusses
business transactions, farming methods and, of course, the weather.
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