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Record Number: 7432


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]|: 7pp (6 ink, 1 pencil) of ms notes of journeys (all in south of England or Wales) in the blank pages following the end of the text, in a standard format eg: 'To Millbourn Port [heading]/ Hounslow - George - 12/ Staines - Bush 7/ Bagshot - Kings Arms - 9/ Hartford Bridge - White Lion -9/ Basingstoke - Crown - 11/ Overton Red Lion 8/ Andover - Star Garter 11/ Salisbury - White Hart 1? [deleted and replaced by] 13/ Fovent - Pembroke Arms./ Shaftesbury Red Lion.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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:

Paget?

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Cary

Title:

Cary's New itinerary: or an accurate delineation of the great roads

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: John Cary, 1802

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

7432

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Cary, John, "Cary's New itinerary: or an accurate delineation of the great roads" (London, 1802), various pages, [DH LIB 350].

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Cary, John, "Cary's New itinerary: or an accurate delineation of the great roads" (London, 1802), various pages, [DH LIB 350]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7432, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

Provenance suggests the book was owned either by Louisa Erskine (nee Paget, d. of Earl of Uxbridge) or by her parents and ended up in her hands when she married James Erskine.
The likely date of the annotations is between 1802 and the 1820s given the period of Louisa Paget's involvement with the Erskine family.

   
   
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