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Record Number: 4456


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... in Springfield when a printed copy of the code of laws of 1648 arrived in 1649, it was promptly 'published,' that is, read aloud to a gathering of the townspeople."

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

1649

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Springfield, Massachusetts

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Townspeople of Springfield


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Code of Laws 1648

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4456

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the B362

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

167

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the B362 (Amherst, 1996), p. 167, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4456, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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