Record Number: 5142

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press: "'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, which stated that the Radical Reformers held their meetings in a room in that court."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1818

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Leeds
specific address: Union Court

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:

James Watson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1799

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

notice of political meeting

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5142

Source:

Print

Author:

David Vincent

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

128

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe (Oxford, 2000), p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5142, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from J. Watson, "Reminiscences of James Watson," in D. Vincent, ed., Testaments of Radicalism (London, 1977) 109.