| Evidence: | 'I have been reading Roman Law...' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 May 1874 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Swanston specific address: Swanston Cottage, Swanston, Lothianburn, Edinburgh |
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Aspiring writer, intermittent law student |
| Religion: | (Wavering) Church of Scotland |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | The eds ascribe this part of the letter to Monday [4 May] |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | [Roman law] |
| Genre: | Law |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14584 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Editor: | Bradford A. Booth | |
| Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879 | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 3 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional editor: Ernest Mehew Letter 268, [29 April-4 May 1874], from RLS to Frances Sitwell |
| Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume Two, April 1874- July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14584, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Letter 268 consists of 6 parts, the day of the week or the time of day of writing being given by RLS, the date, month and year conjectured by the editors. |
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