| Evidence: | 'The chaplain had left me about half an hour, and I was sitting at an open window reading Livy and drinking grog, beginning, indeed, to feel myself at home in the "Tenedos" - for I have been ten days on board - when Dr Hall entered my cabin in a violent hurry, accompanied by a negro boatman.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Jul 1848 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Bermuda | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on board hospital hulk (ship) Tenedos, moored at Bermuda | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | John Mitchel |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1815 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason |
| Religion: | Presbyterian family |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | Bermuda |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Livy |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned probably given to him by the officers when leaving the "Scourge" |
| Record ID: | 12729 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Mitchel | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Jail Journal | |
| Place of Publication: | Dublin | |
| Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 44-45 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 44-45, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12729, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)