Record Number: 28267
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 11 October 1766:] 'Fye upon you and your popish saints [...] Your whole folio [of saints' lives] is not half so well worth reading as Lloyd's Chronicle, which has often given me the comfort of seeing the archbishop [of Canterbury]'s name, and inferring because he was very busy he must be very well.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1766 and 11 Oct 1766
Country:England
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Place:n/a
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:Female
Date of Birth:1717
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lloyd's Chronicle
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28267
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:3
Page:147
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 3, p. 147, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28267, accessed: 21 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See p.145 in source for letter of 24 September 1766 in which Talbot writes of reading saints' lives by Ribadeneira. The Archbishop of Canterbury was Talbot's stepfather, Thomas Secker, in whose household she lived.