Evidence: | 'But these extraordinary accounts and discourses, together with the controversies between the mother and sons, made me think that they know many matters of which I was totally ignorant. This created in me a desire for knowledge, that I might know who was right and who was wrong. But to my great mortification, I could not read. I knew most of the letters, and a few easy words, and I set about learning with all my might. My mistress would sometimes instruct me; and having three-halfpence per week allowed me by my mother, this money I gave to John (my master's youngest son) and for every three-halfpence he taught me to spell one hour. And this was done in the dark, as we were not allowed a candle, after we were sent upstairs to bed.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1760 and 31 Dec 1767 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Taunton | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | James Lackington |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 11 Sep 1746 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Journeyman shoemaker (apprentice) |
Religion: | Wesleyan |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Lackington's master's youngest son, John. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | various |
Genre: | Bible, Sermon, Other religious |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) from master's library, probably |
Record ID: | 8585 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1791 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 46 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington (London, 1791), p. 46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8585, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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