This is the first of my postings about the Exeter Bread Riots. The following is transcribed from Jan 12th 1854 Exeter Flying Post   Riot at Exeter A serious disturbance took place in this city on Monday. At about three o’clock in the afternoon a number of persons, consisting principally of women and children, but also comprising a great many men of that degraded class who have the credit, perhaps deservedly, or always being “up for a breach of the … Read entire article »