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Record Number: 19871


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the other hand, the most pleasurable thing, which has befallen me was receiving two packets, from England, in the same night: the one a letter of fifteen pages from Mr Baillie; the other a collection of autographs from his Opposite. What do you think? among these were a letter from Goethe, and a fragment of a letter from Byron!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 21 Dec 1824 and 3 Jan 1825

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haddington
specific address: Family home

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:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Jul 1801

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Daughter of doctor - no profession

Occupation:

none

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Various

Title:

Autographs

Genre:

Autographs

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Autographs

Publication Details

N/A

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

19871

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

3

Page:

252

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 252, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19871, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from JBW to Eliza Stodart dated 18 January 1825, written at Haddington. Pages 251-254 in this edition. Date of reading experience based on JBW's reply to Thomas Carlyle's letter of 20th December in which she thanks him for sending the Autographs to her.

   
   
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