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Record Number: 9938


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I attended Sunday school with the daughter of the house, finding my enforced study of the Bible very valuable to me.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1885 and 31 Dec 1895

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: at Sunday school

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:

Hannah Mitchell

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

11 Feb 1872

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

seamstress

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9938

Source:

Print

Author:

Hannah Mitchell

Editor:

Geoffrey Mitchell

Title:

The Hard Way Up

Place of Publication:

England

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

71

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hannah Mitchell, Geoffrey Mitchell (ed.), The Hard Way Up (England, 1968), p. 71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9938, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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