| Evidence: | Robert Southey to John May, 2 November 1797: 'We have had a dreadful suicide here. the whole is in the Monthly Magazine.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Nov 1797 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1774 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer and lawyer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 25217 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 267. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009. , |
| Citation: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 267. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 29 April 2009. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25217, accessed: 05 June 2023 |
| Source eds note: "Monthly Magazine, 4 (October 1797), 321–323, in which Joseph James (dates unknown) described his discovery of the body of a well-dressed, male stranger in the river at Seamill-dock, Bristol. James traced the dead man to his lodgings where he found a diary of his tormented state of mind written on the walls of his room. A second article, Monthly Magazine, 4 (Supplement 1797), 556–558, provided further information about the deceased’s identity." |
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