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Record Number: 5860


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went to town with Miss Greaves and read the English papers to the 16 August, which had just arrived...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

25 Sep 1832

Country:

America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Philadelphia
other location: [Athenaeum?] Reading room

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

n/a

Title:

['The English Papers']

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

5860

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:

104

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. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5860, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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