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Record 11690

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Home at noon, and there find Mr Moore and with him to an ordinary alone and dined; and there he and I read my Uncles Will and I had his opinion on it, and still find more and more trouble like to attend it.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 26 Jul 1661
Country: England
Time: afternoon: after midday
daytime
Place: city: London
   
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:Samuel Pepys
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 23 Feb 1633
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
read with Henry Moore, lawyer, officer of Sandwich's household
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Pepys
Title: The Will of Robert Pepys of Brampton
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Law
Form of Text: Manuscript: Sheet
Publication details: dated 12-15 August 1657 and proved 23 August 1661
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11690  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 2
  Page: 141
  Additional comments: co-editor Willam Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 2, p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11690, accessed: 19 April 2024

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