| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 27 December 1811: 'To diminish the evil [of smoking chimneys] we have a constant fire in Sara's room where we are now sitting at 7 o' clock in the evening. John is reading his lesson to Sara.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Dec 1811 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | location in dwelling | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | John Wordsworth |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1803 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Sara Hutchinson (reader's aunt) Dorothy Wordsworth (reader's aunt) |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Unknown, lesson |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1482 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 524 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 524, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1482, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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