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Record Number: 11309


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

content of this letter described 'as objected' in a pamphlet recommended by his Lordship 1789 (presumably the reader had read the letter)

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

15 Feb 1790

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishop Lydeard
specific address: Lydeard House

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 Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1742

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Owned and managed large estate

Religion:

Protestant -probably Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

A Letter to Earl Stanhope

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

letter published in a pamphlet, 1789

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

11309

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Frances Hamilton

Title:

Journals

Location:

Somerset Record Office

Call No:

DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Frances Hamilton, Journals, Somerset Record Office, DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11309, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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