| Evidence: | 'At ten o'clock we all met in the study and my father read to us. - I fear my mind is not sufficiently obedient to its God. After dinner I taught Danny to read and did a little logic. Since that I have been reading aloud a long homily and there I committed a fault. John asked me to let him read and I did not, which takes off the satisfaction of reading for I did not do as I would be done by.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Feb 1799 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Norwich (2 miles) county: Norfolk specific address: Earlham Hall location in dwelling: in his study |
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| Reader: | John Gurney |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1749 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | banker and merchant |
| Religion: | Quaker |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
children, including Elizabeth Gurney (later Elizabeth Fry) |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown, probably religious, Bible?] |
| Genre: | Bible, Other religious, Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 22329 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Elizabeth Fry | |
| Title: | Journal | |
| Location: | British Library | |
| Call no: | Add Mss 47456 | |
| Page/folio: | ff. 49 |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Fry, Journal British Library, p. Add Mss 47456, p. ff. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22329, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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