| Evidence: | 'The manager here Mr. Simpson hearing what I said of it [George Chesney's "The Battle of Dorking"] took a proof home at night and while he was still wrapt up in it was startled by his mother a most acute old lady (who had picked up the sheets as he let them fall) exclaiming "Surely George the Germans never were in England"' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 17 Apr 1871 and 26 Apr 1871 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | [?George] Simpson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Manager at Blackwood's |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George T Chesney |
| Title: | Battle of Dorking |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, Proofs of aricle |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 2520 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | George T. Chesney | |
| Title: | Letters | |
| Location: | National Library of Scotland | |
| Call no: | MS 4273/ 30/ 363 | |
| Page/folio: | 436-7 |
| Citation: | George T. Chesney, Letters National Library of Scotland, p. MS 4273/ 30/ 363, p. 436-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2520, accessed: 05 December 2023 | |
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