| Evidence: | 'We had read his [Thomas Clarkson's] book ... William [Wordsworth] I believe made a few remarks upon paper, but he had not time for much criticism, and in fact having only one perusal of the work he was too much interested.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1807 and 31 Dec 1807 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Clarkson |
| Title: | History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, The |
| Genre: | History, Politics, slavery |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1217 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 161 | |
| Additional comments: | From Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 30 August [1807]. |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1217, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
| See also p. 152 n.3 on Clarkson's work, and the Wordsworths' reading of it in MS. |
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