Evidence: | ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 24 May 1817: 'I read to Woodman, who is not in the state of mind we could wish for her, indeed, so unnatural is her situation, that one can hardly tell how or in what manner to meet her case' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 24 May 1817 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Newgate Gaol other location: prison |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Sophia 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) |
female prisoner, Woodman |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 23077 | |
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: | 279 | |
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. 279, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23077, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Woodman was sentenced to death, but penalty delayed because she was with child. On this date, she had had her child three days before and was now awaiting her execution |
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