Record Number: 20760

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When she [Katherine Hamilton, sister of Elizabeth] is not employed about something necessary and useful, she entertains herself with a book for the improvement of her mind'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1762 and 31 Dec 1764

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Katherine Hamilton

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20760

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Editor:

Miss Benger

Title:

Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1819

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Hamilton, Miss Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence, (London, 1819), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20760, accessed: 22 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

letter of remonstrance from Elizabeth Hamilton's mother to EH's brother, Charles