Record Number: 27994

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 14 April 1737: 'I thank you for the pleasure I have received from Leonidas, which excellent poem I herewith return you. I am told that the author is young; and I gather comfort, in his right, for the rising generation.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1737 and 14 Apr 1737

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Aaron Hill

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Leonidas

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27994

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

1

Page:

10

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family (London, 1804), 1, p. 10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27994, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None