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Record Number: 20537


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'in came the Rector with, "I have just been at the Hall, Ly Maria has just got the "Court Journal", which says "Trevelyan" was written by Ly S. of Petersham".'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 18 Nov 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

a Rector, name unknown



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Court Journal

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
seen at home of Lady Maria ?


Source Information:

Record ID:

20537

Source:

Print

Author:

Louisa Stuart

Editor:

R. Brimley Johnson

Title:

Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1926

Vol:

n/a

Page:

248

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 248, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20537, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to from LS to Louisa Clinton. Jane Scott, writer of "Trevelyan", later Lady Montagu is (I think) a family connection.

   
   
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