| Evidence: | From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (autumn 1818):
'Dined at 1/2 past 5; [Charles] Cameron with me [...] Between 7 and 8 I locked up [family banking house] and we drank tea. We then read some of Ricardo's "Political Economy" until 1/2 past 10'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Oct 1818 and 31 Oct 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: 8 - 10.30 pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Threadneedle Street |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reading Group: | George Grote and Charles Cameron |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Banker and friend |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | David Ricardo |
| Title: | 'Political Economy' |
| Genre: | Social Science, Politics, Economics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25028 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Grote | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Personal Life of George Grote by Mrs Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1873 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote by Mrs Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends (London, 1873), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25028, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Dates of individual diary entries not all given in source. |
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