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Record Number: 2527


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My dear Willie, I am glad the Pall Mall has noticed the article & I approve of the Advert... We dined at Mount Melville last night. Col. Moncrieff & his wife - He was raving about the Battle of Dorking & never read anything in his life so good or like the reality...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 5 May 1871

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Colonel Moncrieff

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Soldier

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George T Chesney

Title:

Battle of Dorking

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Magazine

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2527

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Blackwood

Title:

Letters

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

MS 4270

Page/Folio:

185

Citation:

John Blackwood, Letters National Library of Scotland, p. MS 4270, p. 185, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2527, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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