Evidence: | P.C., transport convict, writing to Rev Joseph from Dartmoor prison, Devon: 'When I read over the Book of Joshua, I often think of the lectures we received from your lips, and particularly when I come to the seventh chapter where we find poor Achan had an evil eye; he coveted that cursed thing that caused the destruction of all that was with him.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Devon specific address: Dartmoor Prison other location: in his cell |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | P.C. |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | convict |
Religion: | Church of England |
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: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) probably prison issue |
Record ID: | 15093 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Rev H.S. Joseph | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of Convicted Prisoners, accompanied by remarks on the causes and prevention of crime | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1853 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 88-89 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Rev H.S. Joseph, Memoirs of Convicted Prisoners, accompanied by remarks on the causes and prevention of crime (London, 1853), p. 88-89, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15093, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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