Record Number: 18908
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I would like well to know who is the author of ST JOHNSTON. It is rather better than ordinary. Pray does any of you know who is the editor of "The Northern Whig"? It comes hither from Belfast. Can it be Gray?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1824 and 18 Jan 1824
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Altrive
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:Nov 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:farmer / author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Northern Whig, The
Genre:newspaper
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsbegan in 1824
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18908
Source:James Hogg
Editor:Gillian Hughes
Title:Collected Letters of James Hogg, The
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:II
Page:196
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The, (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18908, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Blackwood. The Gray in question was James Gray - no link has been found.