| Evidence: | Fanny Kemble, 3 December 1832: 'Arrived at Amboy [from New York], we disembarked [from steamboat] and bundled ourselves into our coach, ourselves, our namesake, and a pretty quiet lady [...] The roads were unspeakable [...] I attempted to read, but found it utterly impossible to do so.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Dec 1832 | ||||||||||
| Country: | USA | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: On board coach from Amboy to Delaware | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Fanny Kemble |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Nov 1809 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | USA |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 7864 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Fanny Kemble | |
| Editor: | Catherine Clinton | |
| Title: | Fanny Kemble's Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 54 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Fanny Kemble, Catherine Clinton (ed.), Fanny Kemble's Journals (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7864, accessed: 25 May 2013 | |
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