| Evidence: | Recognised among the prisoners a once eminent City merchant, sentenced to transportation for fraud: 'This person, we were told, found special consolation in the study of languages, and on the table of his cell was a high pyramid of books, consisting of French and German exercises, with others of a religious character.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Millbank Prison other location: in his cell |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | formerly a City merchant, now a prisoner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [French and German language books] |
| Genre: | Education, Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12423 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 266 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 266, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12423, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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