Evidence: | Mr Longman to John Murray, from 2 Hanover Terrace (1838):
'Can you oblige me by letting me have a third volume of ["]Wilberforce." The fact is, that at in
[sic] reading that work, my neighbour, Mr. Alexander, fell fast asleep from exhaustion, and,
setting himself on fire, burnt the volume and his bed, to the narrow escape of the whole
Terrace. Since that book has been published, premiums of fire assurance are up, and not
having already insured my No. 2, now that the fire has broken out near my own door, no
office will touch my house nor any others in the Terrace until it is ascertained that Mr.
Alexander has finished with the book. So pray consider our position, and let me have a third
volume to make up the set as soon as possible.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1838 and 31 Dec 1838 | ||||||||||
Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Hanover Terrace | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mr Alexander |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | |
Title: | 'Wilberforce' vol. 3 |
Genre: | History, Biography, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 27443 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 440-441 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 440-441, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27443, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Not clear whether text by, or about, Wilberforce. |
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