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Record Number: 9914


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read Sir Richard Steele's Dedication of his Account of the state of the Roman Catholic Religion to the Pope'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

9 Jun 1715

Country:

England

Time

morning: between 7am and breakfast time

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:

Dudley Ryder

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1691

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student at the Middle Temple

Religion:

Non Conformist

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:

Richard Steele

Title:

An Account of the State of the Roman Catholic Religion

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9914

Source:

Print

Author:

Dudley Ryder

Editor:

William Matthews

Title:

The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715-1716

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1939

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dudley Ryder, William Matthews (ed.), The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715-1716 (London, 1939), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9914, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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