| Evidence: | Mary Berry, Journal, 22 April 1808: 'In the evening Ashe's Travels [in America] again. They are, I think, very entertaining in spite of an abominable style, which aims at being [italics]fine writing[end italics], without being grammar and without being English. But the wonderful country he describes makes every account of it which one sees and feels is written on the spot, very interesting.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 22 Apr 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Twickenham | ||||||||||
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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: | Thomas Ashe |
| Title: | Travels in America |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1808 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9067 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 347 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 347, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9067, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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