Record Number: 18309
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So much for books - saving that Sir John Murray hath found the whole correspondence of the Earl of Chesterfield, who flourished in King Charles the Second's time, in Bath House, containing most curious letters of the Duchess of Cleveland, Lady Southesk, and many other personages whom Count Hamilton has rendered so interesting. I will try to get Sir John to publish them, for such things should not run the risk of fire, not to mention rats and mice. There is a sort of memoir of Lord Chesterfield at the beginning of the volume, in which he says his second wife died of the spotted fever or plague; but in fact he is said to have poisoned her in the wine of the sacrament, to be revenged for her gallantries, which were notorious: that old villain, Sir John Denham, having shown him the way, by getting rid of his wife after a fashion nearly similar'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1811
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Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:1781
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:archaeologist / antiquarian
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield
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Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceFound
found by John Murray and presumably shown by him to Sharpe
Source Information:
Record ID:18309
Source:Lady Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:I
Page:68
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), I, p. 68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18309, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
It is rather ambiguous who this letter (included in Bury's journal) is from, but it seems to be Sharpe.