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Record Number: 7023


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am sorry for poor Hewlett - Betty Delane read his sermons with great pleasure...'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1787 and 31 Dec 1787

Country:

Ireland

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Betty Delane

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Hewlett

Title:

[sermons]

Genre:

Sermon, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
belonged to Mary Wollstonecraft


Source Information:

Record ID:

7023

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Editor:

Ralph M. Wardle

Title:

Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

138

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, (New York, 1979), p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7023, accessed: 10 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Everina Wollstonecraft, Feb 1787

   
   
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