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Record Number: 5587


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: ms annotations suggest they may be reminders of items used for sermon preparation e.g. p.22 Text = "Sermon II. Forgiveness a present mercy", ms note = "GFI [?] Nov 28th 1847/ April 30th 1848/ April 15 1854/ Oct 19th 1856"; p. 42 - some text has been deleted.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Fife

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:

clergyman

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Minister

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Blunt

Title:

Sermons preached in Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Third edition, London: J. Hatchard and Son, Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1838

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

5587

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Blunt, Henry, "Sermons preached in Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea", Third edition, London: J. Hatchard and Son, Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1838, various pp. [DH LIB 422].

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Blunt, Henry, "Sermons preached in Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea", Third edition, London: J. Hatchard and Son, Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1838, various pp. [DH LIB 422]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5587, accessed: 18 May 2024


Additional Comments:

The item is in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie, Fife. Identity of reader is inferred from similar annotations in a number of other collections of sermons in the collection.

   
   
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