Evidence: | 'I took from my pocket the volume of "Love and Madness" which I had amused myself with a few evenings since- ...I read with great pleasure the whole of the History of Poor Chatterton to Mr H.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Jan 1803 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: PM - til 4:00 pm | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: Mr Humphrey's House, Knightsbridge. |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Upcott |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1779 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Bookseller's assistant, Pall Mall, London |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
friend |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | James Hackman |
Title: | Love and Madness |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5914 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | William Upcott | |
Title: | [Diary 1803-1807] | |
Location: | British Library | |
Call no: | Add 32, 558. | |
Page/folio: | 8 |
Citation: | William Upcott, [Diary 1803-1807] British Library, p. Add 32, 558., p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5914, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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