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Record 19922

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[Sir Hans Sloane] considered my Letter over, and finding, by the contents, Doctor [italics] Mead [end italics] recommended me to him, said "Poor Creature! I suppose you want Charity; there's Half a Crown for you".'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 31 Dec 1741
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: Chelsea
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Hans Sloane
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 16 Apr 1660
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: doctor
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Pilkington
Title: [Letter]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Manuscript: Letter
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
brought to him by L. Pilkington

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19922  
Source - Print  
  Author: Laetitia Pilkington
  Editor: A.C. Elias
  Title: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
  Place of Publication: Athens GA
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: I
  Page: 197
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 197, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19922, accessed: 29 April 2024

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