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Record Number: 13940


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter to Mrs Smith May 26 1789 'Pray read Dr Gregory?s Comparative View, &c. and observe particularly the last section on the influence of religion; that on taste; and the strictures of taste on refinement. I long to have you share the entertainment they afforded to my happier hours.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1755 and 26 May 1789

Country:

unknown

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:

Anne Grant [nee MacVicar]

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1755

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Gregory

Title:

A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13940

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Grant

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1807

Vol:

2

Page:

150

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 2, p. 150, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13940, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Date range given as birth to date of letter.

   
   
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