| Evidence: | 'I have just cast my eye over your sensible little pamphlet, and found fewer of the superlatives, exquisite, fascinating &c, all of the feminine gender, than I expected. Some of the sentiments, it is true, are rather obscurely expressed; but if you continue to write you will imperceptibly correct this fault...' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1792 and 31 Dec 1792 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: Saturday | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Apr 1759 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Mary Hays |
| Title: | Cursory Remarks |
| Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, MS version of pamphlet |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned sent by Miss Hays |
| Record ID: | 7043 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Editor: | Ralph M. Wardle | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 223 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7043, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Mary Hays, late 1792. |
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