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Record 22139

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'April 3. On the day when [his daughter Mary had been] borne last year, Easter fell; I had made a sermon of Abraham's offering his only son etc., little thinking (as I told my neighbours) how neerly it concerned mee. Reading Exodus 12 I could not refraine tears at the words of v.30.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 3 Apr 1670
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Barton Mills
county: Suffolk
   
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:Isaac Archer
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 23 Dec 1641
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Minister in Church of England
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:
Title: The Bible
Genre: Bible
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1645
Provenance: unknown
Probably owned by reader

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22139  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Matthew Storey
  Title: Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe
  Place of Publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk
  Date of Publication: 1994
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 120
  Additional comments: The orginal source is a manuscript journal, Cambridge University Library, Additional Manuscript 8499

Citation: Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994), p. 120, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22139, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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