Record Number: 28307

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 2 October 1777:] 'Every body seems very impatient for important news from America; for my own part, I have so little hope of any good to the public by such a quarrel, that I chiefly wish intelligence for the sake of the poor people who are anxious for their friends. Oh that they were all safe in England! I felt for the Miss Clarkes, when I read in the papers, that General Burgoyne was going to storm a place. It is terrible to be kept in suspence [sic] about the event, till another express can cross the Atlantic.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1777 and 2 Oct 1777

Country:

England

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:

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:

report of Burgoyne's actions in American War of Independence

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1777

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28307

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:

186

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. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28307, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The 'Miss Clarkes' were the sisters of Sir Francis Clarke, an officer under Burgoyne's command in America.