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Record Number: 5161


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Recd by the Carrier last night from WM the Judgement of Sir John Nichols, on the burial of Persons baptized by Dissenters. I am glad to find that the survivors of such persons are not to beg as a favour to have their friends interred in the Parish Church Yard; it is their undoubted right...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Jan 1827

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: at home

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:

Robert Sharp

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Sep 1773

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

schoolteacher/ parishofficial

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Nicholl

Title:

[The Judgement Delivered December 11th 1809...]

Genre:

Other religious, Law

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

5161

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Sharp

Editor:

J. E. Crowther

Title:

The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

99

Additional Comments:

and ed P A Crowther

Citation:

Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave (Oxford, 1997), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5161, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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