| Evidence: | "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, which stated that the Radical Reformers held their meetings in a room in that court." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Leeds specific address: Union Court |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | James Watson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1799 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | notice of political meeting |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Poster |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 5142 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | David Vincent | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 128 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe (Oxford, 2000), p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5142, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
| Quotation from J. Watson, "Reminiscences of James Watson," in D. Vincent, ed., Testaments of Radicalism (London, 1977) 109. |
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