Record Number: 20008
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One Day, as I was in my Shop, a Gentleman, very richly dressed, told me, he had a Letter for me; I received it very respectfully, but could not help smiling, when I found it was the Letter I wrote for [italics] Tom Brush [end italics], neatly copied and directed to me, and that, lest it should miscarry, he had brought it himself.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1748
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: her shop - possibly in St James's
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1708
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman's wife, divorced; poet
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[a love letter]
Genre:n/a
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
written by her, copied by the gentleman and returned to her
Source Information:
Record ID:20008
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:244
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 244, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20008, accessed: 05 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Date of birth 1708 or 1709. LP earnt money writing letters for others and had written this one for the gentleman, thinking it was for someone else.
