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Record 20981

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[EDITOR WRITES]'During several months, Mr Hamilton was sedulously engaged in unravelling all the intricacies of the Persian tome'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: From: 20 Dec 1786
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: county: Stirlingshire
specific address: Ingram's Crook
   
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:Charles Hamilton
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [n/a]
Title: Hedaya
Genre: Other religious, Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: in Persian
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20981  
Source - Print  
  Author: Elizabeth Hamilton
  Editor: Elizabeth Benger
  Title: Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1818
  Vol: I
  Page: 107
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings (London, 1818), I, p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20981, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

reading in order to translate

 

 

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