Record Number: 33935

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘[William] Blackwood expresses much admiration of the Fletcher Letters, but thinks their republication at this time would not be just the thing - requests me to use my influence to induce my Father [S. T. Coleridge] to compose a similar series, expressly adapted to the present juncture - referring to the former, so as to get his foresight and insight in the clearest point of view, and vindicate his claim to the character of a political prophet - And this I think myself would be the more excellent way ...’

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Sep 1814 and 15 Apr 1832

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh
specific address: 3 Ainslie Place, Moray Estate

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:

William Blackwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Nov 1776

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Publisher

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Title:

Letters to Mr. Justice Fletcher on the Irish Question

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Courier newspaper between September 20 and December 10, 1814

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33935

Source:

Print

Author:

Hartley Coleridge

Editor:

Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs

Title:

Letters of Hartley Coleridge

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

140

Additional Comments:

Letter addressed to Hartley's cousin, Henry Nelson Coleridge, at No. I New Square, Lincoln’s Inn. April 15 (Postmark 1832). Editors’ footnote: ‘Hartley refers to S. T. Coleridge’s eight "Letters to Judge Fletcher" on the Irish Question, which were published in the Courier between September 20 and December 10, 1814. They were not republished until 1850, when Sara Coleridge included them in Essays on His Own Times, iii. 677-733.’

Citation:

Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 140, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33935, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None