Record Number: 14920

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Up, and all morning at the office << where the Duke of York's long letter was read, to their great trouble and their suspecting me to have been the writer of it>>'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

29 Aug 1668

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: Whitehall
other location: at his 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:

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

yes, but unknown apart from Samuel Pepys

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James, Duke of York

Title:

[letter]

Genre:

Politics, Law

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14920

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

9

Page:

292

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 292, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14920, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None