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Record Number: 15019


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and there, by and by being called in, Mr Williamson did read over our paper, which was in a letter to the Duke of York, bound up in a book with the Duke of York's book of Instructions. He read it well; and after read we were bid to withdraw, nothing being at all said to it.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

18 Apr 1669

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
other location: Lord Arlington's

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:

Williamson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

King Charles II, James Duke of York, Prince Rupert, Ormond, Lord Ashly, Sir T. Clifford, Samuel Pepys


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Title:

[defence of the existing constitution of the Navy Board]

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

15019

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:

525

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 525, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15019, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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