| Evidence: | Wiliam Wordsworth to Daniel Stuart, 22 June 1817: 'By the bye, it was not till this morning that I read the case of Stuart versus Lovell. What a miscreant - If I had been upon the Jury, and had found that man possessed property that would bear the damages I should have fixed upon ?700 the precise sum which he accused you of embezzling ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 22 Jun 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| 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: | |
| Title: | case of Stuart versus Lovell |
| Genre: | Politics, Law |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | 1817 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1637 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The MIddle Years (1812-1820) | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 388 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The MIddle Years (1812-1820) (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 388, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1637, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| P.388 n.2 in source notes that Stuart had been charged with embezzling ?7,000 from the Reform Society, and that Wordsworth must mean ?7,000, rather than ?700. |
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