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Record Number: 27995


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 6 July 1738: 'I will carefully and speedily return the folio with which you so kindly surprised me. It promises me, as I turn the leaves transiently over, a good deal of pleasure in the perusal.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1738 and 6 Jul 1738

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:

Aaron Hill

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Title:

'folio'

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

27995

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

1

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family (London, 1804), 1, p. 15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27995, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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