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Record 28307

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 2 October 1777:] 'Every body seems very impatient for important news from America; for my own part, I have so little hope of any good to the public by such a quarrel, that I chiefly wish intelligence for the sake of the poor people who are anxious for their friends. Oh that they were all safe in England! I felt for the Miss Clarkes, when I read in the papers, that General Burgoyne was going to storm a place. It is terrible to be kept in suspence [sic] about the event, till another express can cross the Atlantic.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jul 1777 and 2 Oct 1777
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Elizabeth Carter
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1717
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: report of Burgoyne's actions in American War of Independence
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: 1777
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28307  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Montagu Pennington
  Title: A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1809
  Vol: 4
  Page: 186
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 4, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28307, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

The 'Miss Clarkes' were the sisters of Sir Francis Clarke, an officer under Burgoyne's command in America.

 

 

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