Evidence: | 'For breakfast I had a penny roll and half a pint of porter. This I took at a public house - for two reasons: first, that I might have an opportunity of looking at the morning newspaper; and further, that I might have the comfort of sitting by a good fire... I felt a considerable degree of interest in regard to the course of public affairs, and therefore was the more anxious to see a newspaper everyday. I also hoped that some one of the numerous advertisements might be made available in the way of getting employment other than that of tailoring. In this hope I was disappointed; yet the time I thus spent was not quite thrown away, as I hereby contracted a habit of carefully reading advertisements, which I have found to be useful...[etc.]' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Dec 1810 and 28 Feb 1811 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: public house |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Carter |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 5 Jul 1792 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Journeyman tailor |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | [morning newspaper] |
Genre: | Politics, Ephemera, Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) newspaper of the public house |
Record ID: | 7587 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Carter | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of a Working Man | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1845 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 144-5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 144-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7587, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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