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Record Number: 12416


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We were told that a Bible and Testament were placed at the head of each bed; and we saw one convict reading "Recreations in Astronomy".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 'Unite' hospital convict ship
other location: on board a convict ship in the Thames

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

prisoner

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Rev Lewis Tomlinson

Title:

Recreations in Astronomy

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
prison library?


Source Information:

Record ID:

12416

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry Mayhew

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Criminal Prisons of London

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1862

Vol:

n/a

Page:

228

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 228, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12416, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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