| Evidence: | 'I thought to rise at five on Thursday morning, but fatigue made my head bad. I slept till nine - I opened "Mary Stewart" after breakfast but Dr Fiffe interrupted me, and teazed me to play at shuttlecock till I consented-' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 23 May 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Haddington specific address: Welshs' home |
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| Reader: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1801 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer Daughter of doctor |
| Occupation: | Amateur writer |
| Religion: | Christian (denomination unknown) |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Friedrich Schiller |
| Title: | Mary Stewart |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First performed June 14 1800 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14373 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Baillie Welsh | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 113-114 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 113-114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14373, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from Jane Baillie Welsh to Thomas Carlyle, written at Haddington. It is dated 29th May 1822 but the editor corrects this to the 25th based on references to specific events. |
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