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Record Number: 9873


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I finished Aikin's "Description &c"... I began to read my "Evenings at Home" again. It is a book written by Mr Aikin and Mrs Brabauld.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

6 Apr 1797

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Portobello, Sheffield
county: Yorkshire
location in dwelling: Home (he lives with Joseph Evans, his guardian and Presbyterian minister)

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 Hunter

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Feb 1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Apprentice in a Sheffield Warehouse: son of a Sheffield manufacturer

Religion:

Presbyterian

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 Aikin

Title:

A Description of the country from thirty to forty miles around Manchester

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

9873

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Joseph Hunter

Title:

Journal, 1800

Location:

British Library

Call No:

ADD 24, 880

Page/Folio:

6

Citation:

Joseph Hunter, Journal, 1800 British Library, p. ADD 24, 880, p. 6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9873, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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