Record Number: 11504

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Worked for an hour to day at French and read some Grecian History, The latter is certainly rather dry.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1 Oct 1857

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on board HMS Pelorus, near Madeira

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:

Albert Battiscombe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1831

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Lieutenant Royal Navy

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Leonhard Schmitz

Title:

A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1851

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11504

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert H.W. Battiscombe

Title:

Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859

Location:

Royal Naval Museum

Call No:

1976/110(1)

Page/Folio:

p.14

Citation:

Albert H.W. Battiscombe, Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859 Royal Naval Museum, p. 1976/110(1), p. p.14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11504, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identification of the book is tentative; Battiscombe continues reading it later in the diary.