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Record Number: 19959

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I had two sheets from Mrs Montagu the other day trying to prove to me that I knew nothing at all of my own heart (Mercy how romantic she is[.)] write presently to Templand.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Jul 1825

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haddington
specific address: Family home

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:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Jul 1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Daughter of doctor

Religion:

Christian

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:

Mrs Montagu

Title:

Letter dated 3 July

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19959

Source:

Print

Author:

Jane Baillie Welsh

Editor:

C R Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

3

Page:

355

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 355, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19959, accessed: 07 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 19 July 1825, written at Haddington. Pages 353-355 in this edition. Dates of reading experience based on date of Mrs Montagu's letter to JBW (3rd July as given in Editor's note) and date of this letter.