| Description Of Item | Notes relating to cruelty, particularly in females. Includes two press cuttings. The first press cutting, from an unknown source, describes a physical fight between two women to decide who should be the ’sweetheart’ of a certain man. The second press cutting, from the Dundee Courier, describes the attempted murder of Maria Simpson by Issac Clarke, who had been in a romantic relationship and had a child together. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |