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Record Number: 6173


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . You must, doubtless, have seen in the Gazette the account of 2 ships appearing in the north of Russia which are presumed to have been those of Captn Cooke & Capt. Clerke'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 28 Dec 1779 and 7 Jan 1780

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Frances Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Jun 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

London Gazette, 28 Dec. 1779

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6173

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

5

Additional Comments:

Letter to Samuel Crisp, from St Martin's Street, 7 January, 1780

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford, 2003), IV, p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6173, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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