Record Number: 10992

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been looking over books in the book case where the Dionysius stands, Stow's "Chronicle and survey of London". by wisdom, truth and heed was he/ Advanced an alderman to be./ First chapter also of that most absurd dogmatical and offensive book, the "Divine"'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

11 Aug 1809

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Windham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 May 1750

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

government minister, 1806-1807

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Stow

Title:

The survey of London

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10992

Source:

Print

Author:

William Windham

Editor:

Mrs Henry Baring

Title:

The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1866

Vol:

n/a

Page:

495

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham (London, 1866), p. 495, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10992, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None