Record Number: 14092

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Up, and to the office - where, among other businesses, Mr Evelyn's proposition about public Infirmarys was read and agreed on, he being there.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

20 Feb 1666

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: Whitehall
other location: at the office

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Read aloud but unsure by whom. Others, apart from Pepys, were present, but the only other named was the author, John Evelyn, Commissioner of the sick and wounded.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Evelyn

Title:

[proposition about public infirmaries]

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14092

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

7

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14092, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None