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Joseph Gutteridge

 

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 : newspapers

"'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents of the local papers, and I derived much pleasure and knowledge from their perusal. Another means of learning that I made use of was the sign-board literature of public-houses and shops.'"

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Gutteridge      Print: Newspaper

  

 : public house and shop signs

"'At seven I had so far profited by her teaching,' wrote the Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge of his dame school teacher, 'as to be able to make out the contents of the local papers, and I derived much pleasure and knowledge from their perusal. Another means of learning that I made use of was the sign-board literature of public-houses and shops.'"

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Gutteridge      Manuscript: Signboard

  

Voltaire  : Dictionary of Philosophy

'The Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge [...] had read and pondered Voltaire's "Dictionary of Philosophy" and Paine's "Age of Reason", but remained unconvinced [by radicalism and religious scepticism] until a prolonged period of family poverty and ill-health finally destroyed what was left of his faith'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Gutteridge      Print: Book

  

Thomas Paine : The Age of Reason

'The Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge [...] had read and pondered Voltaire's "Dictionary of Philosophy" and Paine's "Age of Reason", but remained unconvinced [by radicalism and religious scepticism] until a prolonged period of family poverty and ill-health finally destroyed what was left of his faith'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Gutteridge      Print: Book

 

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