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Record 6173

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'. . . You must, doubtless, have seen in the Gazette the account of 2 ships appearing in the north of Russia which are presumed to have been those of Captn Cooke & Capt. Clerke'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 28 Dec 1779 and 7 Jan 1780
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Frances Burney
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 13 Jun 1752
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: newspaper report
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: London Gazette, 28 Dec. 1779
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6173  
Source - Print  
  Author: Fanny Burney
  Editor: Betty Rizzo
  Title: The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 2003
  Vol: IV
  Page: 5
  Additional comments: Letter to Samuel Crisp, from St Martin's Street, 7 January, 1780

Citation: Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford, 2003), IV, p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6173, accessed: 23 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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