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Record 22259

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I slept late. Too unwell to go to meeting but have been writing and working which I disapprove of doing in general on a Sunday for I think it a bad example to servants, but I intend now to read in the Testament. I finished this day satisfactorily. I went to meeting; heard a good deal of reading and read to Nurse Norman's family.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 13 May 1798
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Norwich (2 miles)
county: Norfolk
   
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:

Listener:Elizabeth Gurney
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 21 May 1780
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: daughter of merchant and banker
Religion: Quaker
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
unsure of other listeners, probably
Additional comments: later Elizabeth Fry

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [n/a]
Title: [New] Testament [probably]
Genre: Bible, Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22259  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Elizabeth Fry
  Title: Journal
  Location: British Library
  Call no: Add Mss 47456
  Page/folio: ff. 19

Citation: Elizabeth Fry, Journal British Library, p. Add Mss 47456, p. ff. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22259, accessed: 16 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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