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Record Number: 3082


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have been pleased with some tracts on political Economy by William Alias Entomology Spence esq. F.L.S. Just reprinted since 1806, or 1808, but the reasoning not out of date.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 17 Oct 1822

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Spence

Title:

Tracts on Political Economy: Viz I. Britain Indepe

Genre:

Social Science, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3082

Source:

Print

Author:

Murial M. Green

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Spireted Yorkshirewoman: The Letters of Anne Lister

Place of Publication:

Library, Thesis

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

n/a

Page:

177

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Murial M. Green, A Spireted Yorkshirewoman: The Letters of Anne Lister (Library, Thesis, ), p. 177, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3082, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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