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Record 12251

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'but he showed me a bill which hath been read in the House making all breakng of bulk for the time to come felony; but it is a foolish Act and will do no great matter'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 24 Oct 1665
Country: England
Time: daytime
Place: city: London
other location: at his office
   
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:Samuel Pepys
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 26 Feb 1633
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
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: [parliamentary bill]
Genre: Politics, Law
Form of Text: Print: Pamphlet
Publication details: 1665
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12251  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1971
  Vol: 6
  Page: 274
  Additional comments: Co-editor William Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1971), 6, p. 274, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12251, accessed: 28 March 2024

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