Evidence: | ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the Visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 1 May 1817: '[school room] about twenty young women rose on our entrance and stood with their eyes cast to the ground. A young woman of respectable appearance, had offered herself as mistress, for keeping the young children in order; who were separated from their parents' words and placed in this room. I gave those who wished it permission to read to me, several could both read and write, some could say their letters, and others were in total ignorance, they wept as I asked them questions, and I read to them the parable of the prodigal son, as being particularly applicable to their present situation, they then resumed their needlework.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1 May 1817 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Newgate Gaol other location: prison |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Listener: | Sophie de C |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | unknown (lady prison visitor) |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | unknown |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
other young female prisoners |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | [unknown] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
Record ID: | 23073 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Fry | |
Editor: | Katharine Fry | |
Title: | Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1847 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 277 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Fry, Katharine Fry (ed.), Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters (London, 1847), 1, p. 277, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23073, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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