Record Number: 4889

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have been principally engaged this day studying at an encyclopaedia by Nicholson, six octavo [volumes], a book sent by George Clark, bookseller, Aberdeen. Invoiced at six guineas.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

22 Aug 1819

Country:

Scotland

Time

morning: 'this day'
afternoon: 'this day'
daytime: 'this day'

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Adam Mackie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Farmer- rented farm in 1815. Apprenticed in Aberdeen as bookeeper (1800-1805) . Marries 1817. Branches out into shopkeeping and inn keeping

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Nicholson

Title:

Encyclopaedia

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4889

Source:

Print

Author:

Adam Mackie

Editor:

David Stevenson

Title:

The Diary of a Canny Man 1818-1828- Adam Mackie Farmer, Merchant, and Innkeeper in Fyvie

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

Compiled by William Mackie

Citation:

Adam Mackie, David Stevenson (ed.), The Diary of a Canny Man 1818-1828- Adam Mackie Farmer, Merchant, and Innkeeper in Fyvie (Aberdeen, 1991), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4889, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None