Evidence: | 'Finished Wollstoncraft's "View of the French Revolution" Vol I. It appears to rather a panegyric upon the actions of the national assembly than a just history. She thinks the Duke of Orleans was the cause of that Riot, when the women went to Versailles.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1798 and 5 Jul 1798 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Sheffield location in dwelling: home |
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Reader: | Joseph Hunter |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Feb 1783 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Apprentice working at a Sheffield warehouse. Son of a Sheffield Manufacturer. |
Religion: | Presbyterian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
Title: | An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution |
Genre: | History, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 10824 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Joseph Hunter | |
Title: | Journal | |
Location: | British Library | |
Call no: | Add 24, 879 | |
Page/folio: | 21 |
Citation: | Joseph Hunter, Journal British Library, p. Add 24, 879, p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10824, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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