| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to Joanna Hutchinson, 5 September 1819: 'We have been very comfortable and without the least bustle until last night when before the Gentlemen had left the dining room our loquacious Friend Mr Myers arrived half tipsy. He produced a letter he had received from Mr Crump and his own answer to it, four sides of a folio sheet which he deputed Mr Monkhouse to read to the gentlemen, and his own comments upon it were loud and long, with stamping and gestures ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Sep 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Rydal Mount, nr Ambleside | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Thomas Monkhouse |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | freeholder |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
John Myers Dorothy Wordsworth (reader's cousin) "two Mr Jacksons" Mr Gee |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | J. G. Crump |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | private correspondence |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter, Sheet |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) belonged to John Myers |
| Record ID: | 1666 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 554-55 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 554-55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1666, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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