| Evidence: | Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 22 November 1805:
'In the morning I read by myself for two hours, and this though not a large portion of time to devote to reading, if persevered in will lighten at least -- if it cannot remove -- the heavy burthen of ignorance that on many subjects I often feel.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 19 Oct 1805 and 22 Nov 1805 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Chiswick House | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Lady Harriet Cavendish |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | Aug 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25738 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer | |
| Title: | Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 131 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25738, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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