| Evidence: | 'I will give an account of how I spend the day hour by hour. From 7 to 8 drew part of a landscape, wrote my diary. 8 to 9. Read a little in my Encyclopedia ... 2 to 5 at Warehouse. From 6 to 7 read a little in the Encyclopedia ...8 to 9 got my supper, read a little in the ency. 9 to 10 read in the ency.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 10 Aug 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: 8:00 -9:00 am evening: periodically, 6pm -7pm, 8pm -9pm, 9pm -10pm |
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| Place: | city: Sheffield location in dwelling: home |
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| Reader: | Joseph Hunter |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 6 Feb 1783 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Apprentice working at 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Encyclopaedia |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10836 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Joseph Hunter | |
| Title: | Journal | |
| Location: | British Library | |
| Call no: | Add 24, 879 | |
| Page/folio: | 25-6 |
| Citation: | Joseph Hunter, Journal British Library, p. Add 24, 879, p. 25-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10836, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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