| Evidence: | [Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 31 May 1776:]
'As you are acquainted with all possible authors, pray be so good as to tell me who is the writer of a Letter to a Young Nobleman setting out on his Travels. I found it here on my return [home], directed to me [...] I shall be much obliged to you if you will return my best thanks to the author for his favor [sic] to me, and still more for the noble and beneficial tendency of his work. Happy would it be for this nation if it was received with the attention it deserves!' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1776 and 31 May 1776 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Deal county: Kent |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Carter |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1717 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 28306 | |
| 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: | 4 | |
| Page: | 141 | |
| 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), 4, p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28306, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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