| Evidence: | 'I grew so melancholy at the Loss of my Companion, that I did not even care for writing, but amused myself entirely with reading; and my not having a Library of my own, made me a constant Customer to a Shop in the Neighbourhood, where they hired out Books by the Quarter' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1748 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Green Street |
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| Reader: | Laetitia Pilkington |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1708 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman's wife, divorced |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) rented from a local bookshop |
| Record ID: | 19908 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Laetitia Pilkington | |
| Editor: | A.C. Elias | |
| Title: | Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington | |
| Place of Publication: | Athens GA | |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 168 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 168, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19908, accessed: 03 October 2023 | |
| Date of birth 1708 or 1709 |
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