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George Griffiths

 

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Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to write, and took pen and paper -I told him the persons name and my business, and he completed the letter and read it to me, it contained what I wanted, and answered my purpose very well, it was sent, and I received a very satisfactory answer. I have known him nine years -I have heard him read a story book, which was very entertaining, there was the names of fishes of the sea, and animals on the earth; I do not recollect the name of anything but the rattle snake." Q: "How long ago was this?" Fuller: "About nine years; it was at his house in Green parish -Ann Siders, his present wife was with him -I frequently called there, as I knew the people; it was one o'clock in the afternoon; he read an hour, or perhaps more, and told me the meanings of the things he read, about beasts, fishes and creeping things on earth..."

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Griffiths      Print: Book

  

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Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to write, and took pen and paper -I told him the persons name and my business, and he completed the letter and read it to me, it contained what I wanted, and answered my purpose very well, it was sent, and I received a very satisfactory answer. I have known him nine years -I have heard him read a story book, which was very entertaining, there was the names of fishes of the sea, and animals on the earth; I do not recollect the name of anything but the rattle snake." Q: "How long ago was this?" Fuller: "About nine years; it was at his house in Green parish -Ann Siders, his present wife was with him -I frequently called there, as I knew the people; it was one o'clock in the afternoon; he read an hour, or perhaps more, and told me the meanings of the things he read, about beasts, fishes and creeping things on earth..."

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Griffiths      Manuscript: Letter

 

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