Synopsis
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Edward Boucher James, the author of the following letters, was born at Carlisle on March 6, 1819. His father was for many years in the service of the Hon. East India Company. His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Boucher, son of a Cumberland statesman. Jonathan Boucher passed a varied and somewhat adventurous life. He was born at Blencogo in Cumberland in 1738, and in 1759 went to Virginia to push his fortune as a schoolmaster. For a time he was tutor to the step-son of Washington. In 1762 he sailed back to England for the purpose of being ordained, and having received ordination from Bishop Osbaldeston, returned to the colony, where he held several successive livings ;but in 1775, having thrown in his lot with the loyalist party, he found it prudent to return home. In 1785, after an interval of school-keeping, he was presented to the Vicarage of Epsom, which he held until his death in 1804. He was thrice married, first in A merica, and for a second and third time after he had become Vicar; and it was at Epsom of the last marriage that the mother of Mr. James was born. Mr. James searly education was received partly at Oakham School, and partly from the Rev. Robert Gutch, Rector of See vol. ii. p. 119.
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