| Evidence: | Letter to Collector MacVicar June 30 1773 'I will not tire you with the detail of all the little circumstances that gradually acquired me the place in her favour which I ever continued to possess. She [ie Aunt Schuyler] saw me reading Paradise Lost with delighted attention; she was astonished to see a child take pleasure in such a book.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1755 and Jan 1768 | ||||||||||
| Country: | North America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: New York State | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1755 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | North America |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | Paradise lost |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14007 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Anne Grant | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1807 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | p.169 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 1, p. p.169, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14007, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Date range given as birth to year left America; Grant lived there for part of her childhood. |
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