Record Number: 7651

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I also had some good opportunities for borrowing books; and thus read that very interesting quarto volume, Mr. Park's "Travels in Africa". I also read Mr. Colquhoun's large treatise on the "Police of the Metropolis" from which I gleaned much information and amusement.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1815 and 31 Dec 1815

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
specific address: Seven Dials
location in dwelling: probably at lodgings

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:

Thomas Carter

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

5 Jul 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Journeyman tailor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mungo Park

Title:

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Park's 'Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa' was published in London in 1799.

Provenance

borrowed (other)
Borrowed from friends

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7651

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carter

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of a Working Man

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1845

Vol:

n/a

Page:

188

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7651, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None