| Evidence: | I was sent to another school in Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, when I was about seven years of age. At this old woman's school it can scarcely be said that I learnt anything, all I knew, when I left it, was how to read in Dilworths Spelling Book and that too badly. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 31 Dec 1779 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Wine Office Court, Fleet Street other location: school |
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| Reader: | Francis Place |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Son of baliff of Marshalsea Court |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Dillworths Spelling Book |
| Genre: | Children's Lit, Education, Textbook / self-education |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2053 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Francis Place | |
| Editor: | Mary Thale | |
| Title: | The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854) | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Francis Place, Mary Thale (ed.), The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854) (Cambridge, 1972), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2053, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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