| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew's interview with a seller of street stationery:
'I read "Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper" on a Sunday, and what murders and robberies there is now!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | street stationer |
| 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 |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1245 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 269 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 1, p. 269, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1245, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Mayhew mentions that the street stationer was about middle aged |
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