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Record Number: 14928


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My boy was with me, and read to me all day'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

6 Sep 1668

Country:

England

Time

afternoon
daytime

Place:

city: London
other location: in a boat on the Thames

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

Servant in household of Samuel Pepys

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Samuel Pepys


Additional Comments:

servant of Samuel Pepys



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14928

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

9

Page:

300

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 300, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14928, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

May form part of previous two entries (14926 and 14927)

   
   
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