Record Number: 12638
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'But I cannot forbear takng notice to you of a mistake of Gemelli (though I honour him in a much higher degree than any other voyage-writer): he says that there are no remains of Calcedon; this is certainly a mistake.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1700 and 19 May 1718
Country:Turkey
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Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British Ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Turkey
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12638
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:173
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to the Abbe Conti. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing's Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 (London, 1906), n/a, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12638, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter was written from Constantinople