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Record Number: 6183


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My wife read to me in the Even 4 No. of the Freeholder.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

21 Mar 1747

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

location in dwelling: Home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Peggy Turner

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shopkeeper's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Thomas Turner


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Freeholder

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6183

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Turner

Editor:

David Vaisey

Title:

The diary of Thomas Turner

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

unknown

Additional Comments:

Date 21 Mar 1747

Citation:

Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1985), p. unknown, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6183, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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