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Record Number: 20981


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[EDITOR WRITES]'During several months, Mr Hamilton was sedulously engaged in unravelling all the intricacies of the Persian tome'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

From: 20 Dec 1786

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Stirlingshire
specific address: Ingram's Crook

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:

Charles Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Hedaya

Genre:

Other religious, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in Persian

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

20981

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Editor:

Elizabeth Benger

Title:

Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1818

Vol:

I

Page:

107

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings (London, 1818), I, p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20981, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

reading in order to translate

   
   
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