| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 December 1842:
'Ah -- my poor dearest Papa! How I remember the coming of that letter to apprise him of the
loss of his fortune [...] He was surrounded by his family [...] And the letter came -- & just one
shadow past on his face while he read it (I marked it at the moment) & then he broke away
from the melancholy, & threw himself into the jests & laughter of his innocent boys.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1829 and 27 Jul 1831 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Moulton-Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 May 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Estate owner |
| Religion: | Evangelical |
| Country of origin: | Jamaica |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Reader's sons and daughters. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Letter announcing financial/property loss |
| Genre: | Unknown, Letters |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 17078 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 196 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 196, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17078, accessed: 28 April 2024 | |
| Date range given covers loss of lawsuit in 1829 and sale of family home in 1831. |
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