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Record Number: 19136


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

In looking over the bound vol. of 'Notes and Queries' for the first half of 1851, I find a paper by you entitled 'Edmund Burke and the Annual Register' [Gaskell then provides James Crossley with some more information on this subject].'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 28 Feb 1864

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester
specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove

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:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Sep 1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and clergyman's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

James Crossley

Title:

'Edmund Burkke and the Annual Register'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Notes and Queries, 7th June 1851

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19136

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

265

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 265, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19136, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to James Crossley

   
   
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