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Record Number: 4913


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I continue in the shop; am occupying my spare time reading Scott's novel of the Abbot. The subject is cheifly on the manner of Queen Mary's imprisonment in the Castle of Loch Leven, with her escape from that imprisonment and from Scotland

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Jan 1827

Country:

Scotland

Time

morning
afternoon
daytime: all day

Place:

other location: shop

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Scott

Title:

The Abbot

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4913

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:

33

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. 33, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4913, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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