| Evidence: | [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 August 1764:]
'Pray has Mrs M. got one of Mr Walpole's Memoirs of Lord Herbert [of Cherbury]? So few copies are dispersed, that I know Lord Chesterfield was not able to get one, and it is so amusing I wish you had it to wear away a rainy evening.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1764 and 17 Aug 1764 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| 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: | Horace Walpole |
| Title: | Memoirs of Lord Herbert of Cherbury |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published in edition of 200 copies from Walpole's press at Strawberry Hill, 1764. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28255 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Montagu Pennington | |
| Title: | A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 105-106 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 3, p. 105-106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28255, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Publication details supplied by source ed.; see p.105n in source. |
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