Record Number: 13926

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter to Miss Ewing, May 1777, 'You will think me very fanciful, investing plants with sentiment, but you may trust me when I assure you, I don?t borrow from Harvey. The reverence I have for his character and intentions has made me often try to like his flowery style, but I never could succeed.' Letter to Miss Ewing May 1777

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1755 and 31 May 1777

Country:

unknown

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:

Anne Grant [nee MacVicar]

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1755

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Wife/Widow of Church of Scotland minister then author

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Harvey

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13926

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Grant

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1807

Vol:

2

Page:

p.20

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807, (London, 1807), 2, p. p.20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13926, accessed: 06 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Date range given as birth to date of letter