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Record Number: 1125


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: Henry Barnard: "I went to Baker's Coffee-house to search the newspaper, whether this bill, which I suspected to be stolen, was advertised, but did not make any discovery that day [23rd Dec]; upon Tuesday the 24th I examined again;..."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

23 Dec 1776

Country:

England

Time

morning: after 10am
daytime: after 10am

Place:

city: London
other location: coffee house

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:

Henry Barnard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Silk garter weaver

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
newspaper of the coffee house


Source Information:

Record ID:

1125

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 15 January 1777, Trial of Edward Goswell, John Life and Valentine Fuller (t17770115-5),

Citation:

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 15 January 1777, Trial of Edward Goswell, John Life and Valentine Fuller (t17770115-5), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1125, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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