Margaret "Mother" Clap
Criminal Records Podcast · Demetria Spinrad and Isaac Meyer
February 14, 201946m 7sExplicit
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Show Notes
This week, Isaac and Demetria discuss the story of Margaret Clap, proprietor of a coffee house with a big secret. What was a molly house, why was the government prosecuting men for buggery, and why are trial records some of our best surviving documents about gay culture in 1720s England?