| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a blind female seller of 'small wares', the conversation turns to her younger son:
"My youngest son -he's now fourteen -is asthmatical; but he's such a good lad, so easily satisfied. He likes to read if he can get hold of a penny book, and has time to read it. He's at a paper-stainer's and works on fancy satin paper, which is very obnicious to such a delicate boy" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
| 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: | works at paper-stainer's |
| Religion: | Protestant |
| 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: | Fiction, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Broadsheet, Serial / periodical, penny book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1266 | |
| 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: | 394 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 1, p. 394, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1266, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| Mayhew comments that the boy was 14 years of age |
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