Evidence: | 'about this time I began to practis accounts, I bought a Book, & Slate, and got somebody to set me a gate at the beginning of a Rule, & then wrought by my book &c, and in a while got forward in arethmatic &c' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Mar 1793 and 1 Jun 1793 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | location in dwelling: He was lodging with a friend of the family | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Benjamin Shaw |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Dec 1772 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Apprentice Mechanic in a Lancashire Mill |
Religion: | C of E? Converted to Baptism 1800, Methodism 1802. |
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: | [unknown] |
Title: | [unknown] |
Genre: | Textbook / self-education, Mathematics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 11111 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Benjamin Shaw | |
Editor: | A. G. Crosby | |
Title: | The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841 | |
Place of Publication: | Stroud | |
Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 31 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841 (Stroud, 1991), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11111, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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