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Record 1158

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Witness statement in trial for theft: John Wiffin: "On the 1st of August, I was reading the newspaper at the Northumberland Arms, Grafton-street, ...during the time I was reading the paper the prisoner came in, he asked me what news..."
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 Aug 1805
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: Northumberland Arms, Grafton-street, Tottenham-court-road
other location: public house
   
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:John Wiffin
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: mid shipman in navy
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)
newspaper of the public house

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1158  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 4 December 1805, Trial of Joseph Eastwood (t18051204-22),

Citation: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 4 December 1805, Trial of Joseph Eastwood (t18051204-22), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1158, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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