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There are four posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1830. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

1829 1830 1831

Mary’s Lamb

By Sarah Josepha Hale

A much-loved children’s poem, even if most of us struggle to remember more than a few lines.

The Blaze of Truth and Liberty

By Thomas Babington Macaulay

Macaulay recalled an Italian fable about a fairy doomed every now and then to take the form of a snake, and drew from her a lesson about Liberty.

Roses and Poor-Rates

By Thomas Babington Macaulay

When Robert Southey called for a fairer and greener economy, Thomas Macaulay warned that only politicians and bureaucrats would thank him.

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway

By Clay Lane

Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.