| Evidence: | Miss R. staid 2 or 3 days withme; the rest of the time I was entirely alone, spending the time chiefly in reading and writing letters, until I had brought on an almost perpetual headache... to enjoy a book I must be in perfect quiet. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1810 and 30 Nov 1810 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Dove's Nest, home of the Peddar family other location: place of employment |
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| Reader: | Ellen Weeton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1776 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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 |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4942 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Ellen Weeton | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Miss Weeton's Journal of a Governess | |
| Place of Publication: | Whitstable | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 314 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Ellen Weeton, Miss Weeton's Journal of a Governess (Whitstable, 1969), 1, p. 314, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4942, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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