Evidence: | 'For some time before this I had found my eyes not so good as they had been, being now oblig'd to hold a book, when reading, farther from my eyes & finding some difficulties in seeing to read anything of a small print, or to write on the first bringing in of candles of an evening. Having made this observation on taking up a paper at the Bolt & Tun the evening before we went into Kent, Mr Drew (...) desired me to try his spectacles, which I at first scouted, but having at his desire placed them before my eyes, I found the confusion I had just complain'd done away, & that I co'd see the smallest type perfectly well, on which I determin'd on procuring a pair...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1802 and 31 May 1802 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Bolt and Tun Inn, Bonverie Street other location: Coffee room |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Marsh |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 May 1752 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Composer / gentleman |
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: | [newspaper] |
Genre: | Ephemera, Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) Newspaper read at the inn |
Record ID: | 8036 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Marsh | |
Editor: | Brian Robins | |
Title: | The Journals of John Marsh | |
Place of Publication: | New York | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 753 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The Journals of John Marsh (New York, 1998), p. 753, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8036, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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