Record Number: 28306

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 31 May 1776:] 'As you are acquainted with all possible authors, pray be so good as to tell me who is the writer of a Letter to a Young Nobleman setting out on his Travels. I found it here on my return [home], directed to me [...] I shall be much obliged to you if you will return my best thanks to the author for his favor [sic] to me, and still more for the noble and beneficial tendency of his work. Happy would it be for this nation if it was received with the attention it deserves!'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 May 1776 and 31 May 1776

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Deal
county: Kent

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:

Elizabeth Carter

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1717

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

A Letter to a Young Nobleman Setting out on his Travels

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

London: Printed for W. Owen, 1776.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28306

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Montagu Pennington

Title:

A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1809

Vol:

4

Page:

141

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 4, p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28306, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None