Evidence: | 'From my early years I was always a lover of books, and I well remeber when we lived in a solitary place that my mother on going to a neighbouring town, always bought me a penny history or a halfpenny collection of songs ...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Dec 1810 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | location in dwelling: Home | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Robert White |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 17 Sep 1802 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
Occupation: | labourer on his father's farm. |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | [unknown] |
Title: | 'a penny history' |
Genre: | Fiction, History, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 11156 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Robert White | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Autobiographical Notes | |
Place of Publication: | Newcastle Upon Tyne | |
Date of Publication: | 1966 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 1-2 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Robert White, Autobiographical Notes (Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1966), p. 1-2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11156, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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