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Record Number: 11117


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'April 20 1828 / on Betty Shaw wife of Benj. Shaw / ... this washer favourite verse Who suffer with our master here We shall before his face appear And by his side sit down To patient faith the prize is sure And all who to the end endure The Cross shall wear the Crown.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1827 and 31 Dec 1827

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Preston
location in dwelling: home

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:

Charles Wesley

Title:

[Hymn] Come on my Partners in Distress

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

11117

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:

100-101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841 (Stroud, 1991), p. 100-101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11117, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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