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Record Number: 261


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'far less shall earth now hastening to decay...' 'world before the flood' 'isle of man June 15th 31'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

13 Jun 1831

Country:

Isle of Man

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Isle of Man

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

James Montgomery

Title:

The world before the flood; a poem in ten cantos

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

261

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Elisabeth Duncan

Title:

album

Location:

St Clair collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

148

Citation:

Elisabeth Duncan, album St Clair collection, p. 148, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=261, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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