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Record Number: 11115


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'She sade she was happy in her mind & had many a Comfortable hour when she could not Sleep in reading her testament & hymn book & praying &c'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

4 Feb 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Preston
location in dwelling: In bed, while ill,at home; she died on 24 Feb 1828.

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Betty Shaw

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

17 Nov 1773

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Weaver / Housewife

Religion:

Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

(nee leeming)



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible ['her Testament']

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

11115

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Shaw

Editor:

A. G. Crosby

Title:

The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841

Place of Publication:

Stroud

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

99

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841 (Stroud, 1991), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11115, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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