Sue Anderson
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Aug
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I knew the names, stations, and admirals of almost all the ships in the Navy
and was also acquainted with the number, facing, and name of every regiment in the army.
according to their respective towns, cities, or shires from which they were raised.
I served, of course, as an army and navy list for the poor in the neighborhood.
Who had relations in either of these departments and was capable of informing them of all the general news.
The following anecdote shows the powers of my memory at that period.
Being invited by a friend to spend an evening at his house, I had scarcely sat down when three gentlemen entered.
The conversation turned on the news of the day.
I was requested by my friend to repeat the names of as many of the ships of the British Navy as I could recollect, and
telling me that he had a particular reason for making the request.
I commenced, and my friend marked them down as I went along, until I had repeated six hundred and twenty.
When he stopped me, saying I had gone far enough, I
The cause of the request was then explained.
One of the gentlemen had waged it a supper.
That I could not mention five hundred but
He, however, expressed himself much pleased at his loss, having been, as he acknowledged, highly entertained by the experiment.
Although at this time I had little relish for any other kind of reading but newspapers and novels, yet I was not wholly insensible to the charms of poetry.
I amused myself with making verses at intervals, but I could never produce anything in that way which pleased myself.
My acquaintances, particularly the young people, gave me sufficient employment in composing epigrams, love songs, epistles, and acrostics in praise of their sweethearts.
Many of those juvenile productions are still extant.
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