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Record Number: 11159


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'transcript of passages from chapter 4 under the commonplce book heading "non jurors"'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Fortescue Aland

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1670

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Lawyer: justice of the common pleas, 1728-46

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Nathaniel Marshall

Title:

A defence of our constitution in church and state

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11159

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Fortescue Aland

Title:

Commonplace Book, Vol I

Location:

British Library MSS Dept.

Call No:

Stowe MSS 1011

Page/Folio:

f.4

Citation:

John Fortescue Aland, Commonplace Book, Vol I British Library MSS Dept., p. Stowe MSS 1011, p. f.4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11159, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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