Mary Berry in St Germain-en-Laye - 3 August, 1830

from Diary of Mary Berry, 3 August 1830, page 396:

The drum and the distant noise of a crowd summoned us to the terrace, where, from the grille of the town issued above 1,500 persons, headed by some National Guards in their uniform, and some decent-looking…   more >>

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Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 3 August 1830. In Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Theresa Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 3 (London, 1865), p. 396. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542995523745 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: St Germain-en-Laye

Listeners

Mary Berry
Author, literary hostess, Playwright
1763-1852

Listening to

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drums and songs of men marching from Nantes to Paris during the 1830 revolution performed by National Guards and other men

Experience Information

Date/Time 3 August, 1830
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:52:04 +0000
Approved on Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:16:23 +0000