Record Number: 18842

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I received your splendid work the other day; and have placed it in my little library, having only looked over the plates, and some references from these; and read the general history, in which I have found many things that interested me in no ordinary degree.' [Later in the same letter, after recounting a local farmer's amazement at the size of the book, Hogg calls it 'your extraordinary work, in which the labour and research truly confounds me']

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1819 and 19 Dec 1819

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Dumfriesshire
specific address: Eltrieve Lake

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

farmer / writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Surtees

Title:

History and Antiquities of the County Palatinate of Durham, The

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published Aug 1819; volume I of four

Provenance

owned
sent by Surtees

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18842

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2004

Vol:

I

Page:

436

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 436, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18842, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter to Robert Surtees