| Evidence: | 'I continued two years with this man [an apothecary to whom he was apprenticed], I read Romances and learned to Bleed'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1768 and 31 Dec 1771 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Aldeburgh county: Suffolk other location: Apothecary's shop |
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| Reader: | George Crabbe |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 24 Dec 1754 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | tax collector's son; later clergyman and poet |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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: | [Romances] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19459 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Crabbe | |
| Editor: | Thomas Faulkner | |
| Title: | Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 9 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19459, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to Edmund Burke, 26th June 1781 |
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