Record Number: 17524
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
West Indian Islands Islands len Brd chief towns Belonging to _________________________________________________________ Jamaica 140 60 Kingston Great Britain _________________________________________________________ Barbadoes [021] 14 Bridgetown ? _________________________________________________________ St. Christopher 20 7 Basse-terre ? _________________________________________________________ Antigua 20 20 St. John?s ? _________________________________________________________ Nevis and each of them is Plymouth ? Montserrat 18 circumfer (continues. len = length; Brd = breadth)
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1789 and 31 Dec 1799
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Hampshire
specific address: Aylesfield Farm, Nr. Alton, Hampshire.
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:15 Dec 1743
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Farmer's wife
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
the material had clearly been read by Mary Bacon as she copied it into her ledger/commonplace book.
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Almanac]
Genre:Geography / Travel, probably printed almanac material, or from a newspaper.
Form of Text:Print: Unknown, set out in a table
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17524
Source:Manuscript
Author:Mary Bacon
Title:Mary Bacon's List of Books
Location:Hampshire Record Office
Call No:28M82/F1
Page/Folio:n/a
Citation:Mary Bacon, Mary Bacon's List of Books Hampshire Record Office, p. 28M82/F1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17524, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
