Record Number: 23265

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was shewed a curious Thing today - a Letter written by Lord Strafford to his Daughter three Weeks before his Execution - he apparently expected no such Sentence, but rather apprehended Diminution of Income; and in that Apprehension recommends Oeconomy to his Family.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 30 Sep 1780

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:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Jan 1741

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lord Strafford

Title:

[letter to his daughter, 1641]

Genre:

letter

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
shown by someone

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23265

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

457

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 457, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23265, accessed: 06 December 2023

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Additional Comments:

None