Record Number: 33936
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I know very few people in Leeds. ... The walls of course now plastered with Election puffs and squibs, the newspapers rancorous against one another, but, as far as I can see, the business does not create half so much private dissension, as did the far-famed Westmorland Election.’
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1832 and 16 Oct 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Leeds
county: Yorkshire
(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:19 Sep 1796
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet, essayist, teacher, biographer
Religion:Church of England
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:[Local posters and newspapers in Leeds related to upcoming election]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics, Ephemera, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Poster
Publication DetailsIn and around October 1832
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:33936
Source:Hartley Coleridge
Editor:Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs
Title:Letters of Hartley Coleridge
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:145
Additional Comments:
Letter addressed to Hartley's doctor and friend, William Fell, at Ambleside, Westmorland, from Leeds, dated October 16 [1832]. Editors’ footnote: ‘Hartley refers to the Westmorland election of 1818, when Wordsworth, in support of the House of Lowther, published Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmorland.’
Citation:
Hartley Coleridge, Grace Evelyn and Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), Letters of Hartley Coleridge, (London, 1936), n/a, p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33936, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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