Evidence: | Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (January 1803):
'I am now going for 2 or 3 hours to experience that most delightful of pleasures; solitude in Devonshire House, for Miss Trimmer and Hart [Lady Harriet's brother William], the only inhabitants, are now occupied, the one in reading to George Ridgeway [a footman who became the Duke[of Devonshire]'s steward] in an audible voice, and the other in writing a love letter with much difficulty and consideration to Miss Berry.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1803 and 31 Jan 1803 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Devonshire House |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Selina Trimmer |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Companion (formerly governess) to Lady Harriet Cavendish |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
George Ridgeway |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 25715 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer | |
Title: | Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 42-43 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 42-43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25715, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
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