Evidence: | 'my wife, it being a cold day and it begin to snow, kept her bed till after dinner. And I below by myself looking over my arithmetique books and Timber Rule.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 6 Dec 1663 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: after dinner daytime |
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Place: | city: London specific address: Seething Lane location in dwelling: at home, downstairs |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1663 |
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) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [Arithmetic books] |
Genre: | Science, Mathematics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 12037 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 406 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 406, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12037, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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