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Record Number: 12104


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"A work of Dr Carpenter's,begun but never finished,called "Notes and Observations on the Gospel history", which his catechuments used in class, first put me on this track of study.-the results of which appeared some years afterwards in my "Traditions of Palestine".

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 13 Jun 1821 and 31 Dec 1821

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Norwich
county: Norfolk
specific address: Her parents house

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:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Daughter of bombazine manufacturer

Occupation:

none

Religion:

unitarian christian

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:

Dr Carpenter

Title:

Notes and Observations on the Gospel History

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12104

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Harriet Martineau's Autobiography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1877

Vol:

1

Page:

103

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London, 1877), 1, p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12104, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

She read other books by Dr Carpenter,detailed in next entry

   
   
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