Record Number: 22139

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'April 3. On the day when [his daughter Mary had been] borne last year, Easter fell; I had made a sermon of Abraham's offering his only son etc., little thinking (as I told my neighbours) how neerly it concerned mee. Reading Exodus 12 I could not refraine tears at the words of v.30.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

3 Apr 1670

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Barton Mills
county: Suffolk

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:

Isaac Archer

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Dec 1641

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Minister in Church of England

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1645

Provenance

unknown
Probably owned by reader

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22139

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Matthew Storey

Title:

Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

n/a

Page:

120

Additional Comments:

The orginal source is a manuscript journal, Cambridge University Library, Additional Manuscript 8499

Citation:

Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994), p. 120, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22139, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None