| Evidence: | Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 2 April 1799: 'In the many hours I have spent alone this week, I have been able, though by very little bits at a time, to go entirely through Hannah More [whose "Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education" she writes of receiving on 21 March 1799], and Mrs. Woolstonecroft [sic] immediately after her.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Mar 1799 and 2 Apr 1799 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Berry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Mar 1763 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| 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 Wollstonecraft |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Education |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8846 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 91 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8846, accessed: 28 May 2023 | |
| See also letters of 21 March 1799 (p.90 in source), and 28 March 1799 (p.91 in source) for discussion of content of More's work. |
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