| Evidence: | ?Dr Milligen?s paper, he must re-write the last half of it; it has cost me three hours this morning, and I can make nothing of it. I think very little of the gentleman who writes so complacently from Northampton with his first of a Series; but I suppose he?s a great man in a small way.? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Dec 1836 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: Monday | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Furnivals Inn |
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| Reader: | Charles Dickens |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Feb 1812 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Journalist/ Novelist |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Gideon Millingen |
| Title: | The Portrait Gallery |
| Genre: | Miscellany / Anthology, Contribution for Bentley's Miscellany |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | The Portrait Gallery?, No.1, Miscellany, I, 286. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12073 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Charles Dickens | |
| Editor: | Madeline House | |
| Title: | The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1965 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 211 | |
| Additional comments: | Graham Storey ed. Published by Clarendon Press as the Pilgrim edition. |
| Citation: | Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 211, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12073, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Letter to Richard Bentley. Note 1. States that CD mis-spelt Milligen ? should be John Gideon Millingen (1783-1862.) |
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