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Record Number: 5902


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The thermometer never being above 80 or under 69 and the "St James' Chronicle" says today that while British troops were storming a fort in the E Indies the thermometer was 145. There is a letter of J.Hobhouse's [...] to the editor which does him more credit than all his other writings.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

22 Nov 1818

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: 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:

Rev Benjamin Newton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1762

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Rector and J.P

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:

n/a

Title:

St. James' Chronicle

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5902

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Newton

Editor:

C.P. Fendall

Title:

The Diary of Benjamin Newton, Rector of wath, 1816-1819

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1933

Vol:

n/a

Page:

260

Additional Comments:

and ed. E.A.Crutchley

Citation:

Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Diary of Benjamin Newton, Rector of wath, 1816-1819 (Cambridge, 1933), p. 260, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5902, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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