| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth describing progress of electioneering in Kendal to Sara Hutchinson, 24 March 1818:
'This morning ... [William Crackenthorp] called ... just before he was setting off with [Henry] B[rougham] on his canvass [he] ran down to us in out-of-breath haste to read us a letter just received from Mr Clarkson to Mr Wakefield [refusing support to Lowthers in election] ... it was a beautiful, a delightful letter ... after he had read the letter he hurried off ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Mar 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Kendal | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | William Crackenthorp |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Dorothy Wordsworth (reader's cousin). |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Clarkson |
| Title: | letter to Mr Wakefield |
| Genre: | Politics, Private correspondence |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | as published in Kendal Chronicle, 28 March 1818 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1645 | |
| 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: | 448-49 | |
| 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. 448-49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1645, accessed: 29 May 2023 | |
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