Evidence: | Mr Gilman of South Carolina to his brother, 1835, on visit from Harriet Martineau: 'Dining out frequently [...] as soon as she came home at night, and had read at my request a devotional hymn in her own sweet and primitive manner, she would take Caroline on one side and me on the other, and [...] would enchain and enchant us until long after midnight'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1834 and 31 Dec 1835 | ||||||||||
Country: | America | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | county: (state) South Carolina | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Unitarian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | America |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mr Gilman Mrs Gilman (Caroline) |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | hymns |
Genre: | Other religious, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9793 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 110 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman (London, 1877), 3, p. 110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9793, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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