| Evidence: | 'Thence with W. Penn home, and there to get my people to read and to supper and so to bed.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Oct 1668 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Listener: | Samuel Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Perhaps William Penn, and other members of Pepys's household. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14948 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 329 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 329, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14948, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Unsure who is reading to Pepys this evening, could be his wife or his male servant, and it is also unclear whether William Penn also stayed to listen to the reading. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)