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  • Birth
Born on 11 May 1758 in Clerkenwell baptised at St James - Named Ann Grig (page 70 - Moore)
Abandoned 9 November 1758 - 6 months old (page 70 - Moore)
Orphanage name - Dorcas Car at London branch; where she was abandoned (page 69 - Moore)
No. 10413 (page 70 - Moore)
  • Early Years

Stayed with foster mother (wet nurse) until aged 8 in Brentwood. (page 70 - Moore)

  • Appearance
Lucretia described as "fair, with flaxen locks and light eyes" (page 279 - Wilson)
12 years old (page 139 - Julia)
Named after founder of Roman Empire (Jurgen)
  • Arrival of Thomas Day!
Reason he wanted the girls (page 278 - Wilson)
Didn't care about girls backgrounds (page 121 - Paula)
Was trying to replicate Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile (1762) book.[1]
In 1769[2]
Got Lucretia from Foundling Hospital London (page 11 - Sadler)
Chose her on 20 September 1769 - he was elected governor and benefactor.(page 69 - Moore)
Edgeworth signed the papers this time (page 69 - Moore)
Terms of adoption - within a year to give a tradeswoman £100 to keep and apprentice each girl. And to give £400 more upon marriage or for her own business. Though he stated he would marry one - though "never violate her innocence" - if he did not marry her he would give £500. Mr. Bicknel was guarantee. (page 279 - Wilson)
Above terms were his own written contract drawn up by Bicknell (page 71 - Moore)
Controversy over legality. Seward provides certificates and a contract though Day was not married (which was a requirement) so Edgeworth's name was used (possibly not known by him until later date) (page 121 - Paula)
Placed in care of Edgeworth (page 12 - Sadler)
  • Moving to live with Day
  • France

Beginning of November (page 74 - Moore) Left London to avoid questions from friends.(page 12 - Sadler) France - Didn't take servant as he didn't want them to communicate with others. Argued with each other, had small pox (he had to nurse them as they would scream if he tried to leave). (page 279 - Wilson)

small pox, both argued a lot. (page 139 - Julia)
Took no English servant (page 60 - Blackman)
Boat trip on Rhone, it overturned as so he rescued them both.(page 279-80 - Wilson)
They returned to England after 8 months and he left Sabrina with Mr. Bicknels mother.(page 280 - Wilson)
Got bored of Day's lessons, argued a lot (Jurgen)
Lived in Avignon. Did not teach girls the language (page 12 - Sadler)
Lived in Avignon and Lyons (page 61 - Blackman)
  • Teachings - taught them to read, write and "adopt a Rousseauian contempt for dress, luxury and titles." (page 139 - Julia)
made them observe sunrises and seasonal changes. (page 139 - Julia)
  • Getting rid of Lucretia :(
1770 - had had enough - Lucretia was "invincibly stupid" (page 139 - Julia)
Gave Lucretia to a chamber milliner.(page 280 - Wilson)
Ludgate Hill; apprentice to milliner (page 62 - Blackman)
  • Adult life
Was given dowry of £300.(page 139 - Julia)
"was turned off for stupidity" but was smart enough to be a good mother and a wife to "a decent tradesman" (page 523 - Edgeworth)
Married a "respectable linen-draper in London"(page 280 - Wilson)
Married a "substantial linen-draper (page 62 - Blackman)
  • Legacy
BBC Radio 4 programme - The Imperfect Education of Sabrina Sidney[3]

Ref name list

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  1. Ref name = Wilson[4]
  2. Ref name= Paula[5]
  3. Ref name= Edgeworth[6]
  4. Ref name = Sadler[7]
  5. Ref name = Blackman[8]
  6. Ref name = Julia[9]
  7. Ref name = Jenny[10]
  8. Ref name = Jurgen[11]
  9. Ref name = Moore[12]

References

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  1. ^ Cunningham, Hugh (2012). "The Eighteenth Century". The Invention of Childhood. Random House. p. 109. ISBN 9781446416150.
  2. ^ Schama, Simon (2002). A History of Britain: Volume 3 The fate of the empire: 1776-2000. BBC Worldwide Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 0563488808.
  3. ^ "The Imperfect Education of Sabrina Sidney". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ Wilson, Henry (1822). "Thomas Day". Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation, Volume 3. Robins, Albion Press.
  5. ^ Backscheider, Paula R. (2002). "My art belongs to daddy?". Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement (Illustrated, Revised ed.). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780801870958.
  6. ^ Edgeworth, Richard Lovell; Edgeworth, Maria (1820). "Art. XI. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth Esq.". The London Quarterly Review. Vol. 23. London: Theodore Foster.
  7. ^ Sadler, Michael (1928). Thomas Day: An English disciple of Rousseau. Cambridge University Press.
  8. ^ Blackman, John (1862). A Memoir of the Life and Writings of Thomas Day. London: Joh Bedford Leno.
  9. ^ Douthwaite, Julia V. (2002). The wild girl, natural man, and the monster : dangerous experiments in the age of Enlightenment (Illustrated ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago press. ISBN 9780226160559.
  10. ^ Uglow, Jenny (5 October 2002). "Educating Sabrina". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  11. ^ Oelkers, Jurgen (2014). Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781441113535.
  12. ^ Moore, Wendy (2013). How to create the perfect wife. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297863786.
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