Record Number: 5853

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In Ireland from an extract from the Dublin Evening Post that I read yesterday, it appears, as far as I can remember, that the disease had killed upwards of 3,000 people ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

5 Aug 1832

Country:

America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Philadelphia
other location: Mr Dunn's house

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:

William Richard Grahame

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Apr 1807

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

America

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

n/a

Title:

Dublin Evening Post

Genre:

Medicine, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5853

Source:

Print

Author:

William Richard Grahame

Editor:

Fred B. Grahame

Title:

The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada

Place of Publication:

Dundas

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

n/a

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Richard Grahame, Fred B. Grahame (ed.), The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada (Dundas, 1989), p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5853, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None