Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… Image Isaac Cruikshank, ‘Debating Society’, Courtesy of Lewis Walpope Library, 795.05.05.01, 1756?-1811?. Résumé Debating societies became well-established … admitted a few visitors and did not advertise their activities). There was overlap in some cases, though: the Select Society of Edinburgh (1754), with its membership of landowners and lawyers, was exclusive and gentlemanly yet rather … The most famous institutions were in London: the Westminster Forum, Coachmakers’ Hall, and especially the Robin Hood Society. Imitators of the Robin Hood sprung up in Liverpool in 1768, Dublin by 1771, Limerick 4 , Edinburgh in 1773 ( …
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