Record Number: 2053

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I was sent to another school in Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, when I was about seven years of age. At this old woman's school it can scarcely be said that I learnt anything, all I knew, when I left it, was how to read in Dilworths Spelling Book and that too badly.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1778 and 31 Dec 1779

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Wine Office Court, Fleet Street
other location: school

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Francis Place

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Son of baliff of Marshalsea Court

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Dillworths Spelling Book

Genre:

Children's Lit, Education, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2053

Source:

Print

Author:

Francis Place

Editor:

Mary Thale

Title:

The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Francis Place, Mary Thale (ed.), The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854) (Cambridge, 1972), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2053, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None