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Record Number: 12209


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. H. Ewing's diary entry: 'In the evening Boy read Milton to me and I worked'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

13 Aug 1869

Country:

Canada

Time

evening

Place:

city: Fredericton

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alexander (Rex) Ewing

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1830

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

military

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Canada

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

Juliana Horatia Ewing (wife)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost [?]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12209

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

J. H. Ewing

Title:

Diary 1869

Location:

Sheffield Archives

Call No:

Hunter Archaological Society (H.A.S.) 41

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

J. H. Ewing, Diary 1869 Sheffield Archives, p. Hunter Archaological Society (H.A.S.) 41, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12209, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

J. H. Ewing refers to Alexander Ewing in the diaries variously as 'Boy' 'Rex' or 'Rexie'.

   
   
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