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Record Number: 14873


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'all morning at the office finishing my letter to Sir Rob Brookes, which I did with great content; and yet at noon, when I came home to dinner, I read it over again after it was sealed and delivered to the messenger, and read it to my clerks who dined with me, and there I did resolve upon some alteration and caused it to be new writ'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

25 Nov 1667

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: at noon, dinner time

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

his clerks from the Admiralty


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Title:

[letter to Sir Robert Brookes]

Genre:

Law, correspondence

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

14873

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

8

Page:

546

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 546, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14873, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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