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Record Number: 349


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Verses / Spencer' 'Too late I staid, forgive the crime; /...' [transcript of poem]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 24 Jun 1824 and 31 Dec 1829

Country:

n/a

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:

Mary Groom

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Robert Spencer

Title:

To The Lady Anne Hamilton

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

349

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Mary Groom

Title:

'Mary Groom Commonplace Book June 24th 1824'

Location:

St. Clair Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

158

Citation:

Mary Groom, 'Mary Groom Commonplace Book June 24th 1824' St. Clair Collection, p. 158, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=349, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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