Evidence: | [Marginalia]: a single item, within a miscellany, is annotated "The Monody on the death of Mr. Cleveland" pp.146-151. Has marginal marks ie corrections and comments e.g. "whilst" (line 18) is underlined and in the margin in ms is "but"; p. 149 Text = "Mild were his manners, and sincere his heart; Benevolence in every feature shone", ms notes = "his soul sincere" [&] "melancholy marked him for her own. Gray's El.", "*mild were his manners & his heart sincere Congreve ..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | India or Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | John Drummond Erskine |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Apr 1776 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | East India Company Writer (Bengal), later landowner |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | India or Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Item has provenance |
Record ID: | 5574 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "Javahir at-talif fi navadir at-tasanif = The Asiatick miscellany: consisting of original productions, translations, fugitive pieces, imitations, and extracts from curious publications", Calcutta: Printed by Daniel Stuart, 1786-7. [DH LIB 651]. , |
Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "Javahir at-talif fi navadir at-tasanif = The Asiatick miscellany: consisting of original productions, translations, fugitive pieces, imitations, and extracts from curious publications", Calcutta: Printed by Daniel Stuart, 1786-7. [DH LIB 651]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5574, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
The item is in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie, Fife The identification of the reader is based on evidence from many other items in the library with John Drummond Erskine's provenance. He collected and annotated several books while serving in India but it is possible that this item was annotated once he was back in Scotland. |
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