| Evidence: | 'D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied a number of epitaphs into [Dove Cottage MS 20] between late April and 17 Dec. 1799, namely: epitaph of Josias Franklin and his wife; Benjamin Franklin's epitaph; and an "Epitaph taken from the Parish Church-Yard of Marsk in the County of York".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1799 and 17 Dec 1799 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Dec 1771 |
| 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: | unknown |
| Title: | epitaph "taken from the Parish Church-Yard of Marsk in the County of York" |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1740 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 86 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 86, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1740, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| From entry 158 in Wu (1995); notes source of epitaph unknown. |
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