Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… They were run for profit by managers who charged entrance fees (typically sixpence), and advertised debates in the press and in posters on the streets. Debating societies usually met weekly or twice weekly. Two questions would be … . Peter Clark, British Clubs and Societies, 1580-1800: The Origins of an Associational World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 119. 3 . Mary Thale, ‘Deists, Papists and Methodists at London Debating Societies, 1749–1799’, History … societies themselves, testimonies of some attendees, spy reports (in the 1790s), and especially advertisements in the press. Debating Societies were a continuous presence in London from the 1740s to 1792, an episodic though highly …
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