| Evidence: | "Horatio Nelson's copy of Helen Maria Williams's Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century (1801) ... has very little marking and only a few actual notes in it, but all his notes correct the author on matters of fact ..." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1801 and 1805 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Horatio Nelson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1758 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Naval officer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Helen Maria Williams |
| Title: | Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic Towrds the Close of the Eighteenth Century |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 2 vols. London: Robinson, 1801 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5712 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | H. J. Jackson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 248 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 248, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5712, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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