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Record Number: 11113


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'the last weeks paper stated, that 200, 000 were out of work within 20 miles of manchester, &c, & the long drought is expected to have materially inguered [injured] the Harvest ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1826 and 31 Jul 1826

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Preston
location in dwelling: Home

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Benjamin Shaw

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Dec 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Apprentice Mechanic in a Lancashire Mill

Religion:

C of E? Converted to Baptism 1800, Methodism 1802.

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

[Newspaper]

Genre:

Ephemera, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11113

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Shaw

Editor:

A. G. Crosby

Title:

The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841

Place of Publication:

Stroud

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841 (Stroud, 1991), p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11113, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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