Evidence: | [Marginalia]: one ms note at the end of the text: 'You are a story [?] teller I ... said Mr Joseph Emin'. Some of the page is missing. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
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Country: | Scotland or India | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Fife | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Drummond Erskine |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1776 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | East India Company writer/ later a landowner |
Religion: | Anglican? |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland or India |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Reader identification is tentative and inferred from inscription |
Author: | Joseph Emin |
Title: | The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London: Printed in the year, 1792. |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6225 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Emin, Joseph, "The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself" , (London, 1792), p. 608 [DH LIB 828]. , |
Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Emin, Joseph, "The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself" , (London, 1792), p. 608 [DH LIB 828]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6225, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Though the book was eventually owned by John Drummond Erskine and the annotation is similar in style to others in this library, there is another inscription p. 3 "15 August 1804 .... 2 Mon ...". It could be of a previous owner. |
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