Evidence: | 'Learnt to play those Games which are wrote down in the abbreviations in the "History of Chess".' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 26 Jun 1798 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Sheffield location in dwelling: home? |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Hunter |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1783 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Apprentice at Hadfield & Co, Sheffield, Yorkshire |
Religion: | Presbyterian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Lambe Robert |
Title: | The History of Chess |
Genre: | Sport / Leisure, Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 10924 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Joseph Hunter | |
Title: | Journal | |
Location: | British Library | |
Call no: | ADD MSS 24879 | |
Page/folio: | f 20 |
Citation: | Joseph Hunter, Journal British Library, p. ADD MSS 24879, p. f 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10924, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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