| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a 'cheap John':
"From selling the printed songs, I imbibed a wish to learn to read, and, with the assistance of an old soldier, I soon acquired sufficient knowledge to make out the names of each song, and shortly afterwards I could study a song and learn the words without anyone helping me." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: a lodging house in Mill-lane, Deptford |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | cheap john or jack |
| 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: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Poetry, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Broadsheet, broadside ballads |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned purchased to sell |
| Record ID: | 1265 | |
| 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: | 337 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 1, p. 337, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1265, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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