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Record Number: 9846


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read an important letter of Mr E. Elliot's to the editor of the "Morning Chronicle also an extract from the "Parliamentary Review" on the state of the public mind and the conduct of the Whigs, Neithyer of which hesitate to say that the time is almost arriv'd for a change and both intimate that the most likely way to affect it is by force.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

4 Jun 1833

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Dronfield
county: Derbyshire

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:

Joseph Jenkinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

hatter

Religion:

Methodist

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:

The Morning Chronicle

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

9846

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Jenkinson

Editor:

K. Battye

Title:

The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield

Place of Publication:

Nottingham

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

42

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Joseph Jenkinson, K. Battye (ed.), The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield (Nottingham, 1987), p. 42, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9846, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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