| Evidence: | 'I am glad you were pleased with Clery. As I have succeeded in one recommendation, I will take the liberty of making another, and advise you to buy Count Rumford's Essays, and to read that in particular which treats of the food of the poor. The amazingly small expence at which they can be fed is really surprising'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 21 Oct 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | [Mrs] Beach |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Clery |
| Title: | Journal |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13445 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 28 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13445, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Letter from Sydney Smith to Mrs Beach |
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