Record Number: 12855

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I often privately took the Bible to bed with me, and in the long summer mornings read for hours together in bed'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1767 and 31 Dec 1768

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Taunton
county: Somerset

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:

James Lackington

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 Sep 1746

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
apprentice

Occupation:

apprentice shoemaker

Religion:

methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12855

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life of James Lackington

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1794

Vol:

n/a

Page:

130

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life of James Lackington (London, 1794), p. 130, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12855, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None