| Evidence: | 'One Day, as I was in my Shop, a Gentleman, very richly dressed, told me, he had a Letter for me; I received it very respectfully, but could not help smiling, when I found it was the Letter I wrote for [italics] Tom Brush [end italics], neatly copied and directed to me, and that, lest it should miscarry, he had brought it himself.'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1748 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: her shop - possibly in St James's |
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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; poet |
| 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: | Laetitia Pilkington |
| Title: | [a love letter] |
| Genre: | n/a |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned written by her, copied by the gentleman and returned to her |
| Record ID: | 20008 | |
| 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: | 244 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 244, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20008, accessed: 03 October 2023 | |
| Date of birth 1708 or 1709. LP earnt money writing letters for others and had written this one for the gentleman, thinking it was for someone else. |
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