Record Number: 19834

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'During my Stay in the Country, he wrote me a great many poetical Compliments, and subscrib'd himself, [italics] Amintas [end italics]: as they were really very elegant; my Mother, who always examined my Letters, exprest great Curiosity to know the Writer'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1723 and 31 May 1725

Country:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Laetitia van Lewen

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1708

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

doctor's daughter

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

later Laetitia Pilkington

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Matthew Pilkington

Title:

[letters]

Genre:

letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19834

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19834, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Date of birth either 1708 or 1709. She married Matthew Pilkington on May 31st 1725.