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Record 11705

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Read an Acct of the celebration of the Games in the Colloseum at Rome.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 3 Dec 1835
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Wellingborough
   
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:John Cole
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 Oct 1792
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Publisher / bookseller
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown
Title: [Account of the Games in the Colosseum at Rome]
Genre: History
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11705  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: John Cole
  Title: An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough (started Scarborough 1829)
  Location: York Minister Archive
  Call no: Ass Mss 153/11
  Page/folio: p. 152

Citation: John Cole, An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough (started Scarborough 1829) York Minister Archive, p. Ass Mss 153/11, p. p. 152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11705, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

John Cole kept diaries throughout his life - and then used the diaries to produce a manuscript 'An Account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough' (started in 1829 - 18 volumes). Much of the substance of the MS is based on his diaries (and appears for much of the MS to be copied direct from his diaries). The original diaries are apparently no longer extant.

 

 

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