Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"I went to school to learn to write and cipher, and had before this learned to read at home with my father and mother. We had a very happy home and very strict in the way of religion... My father had family worship every night between 8 and 9 o'clock, when the curtains were drawn over the windows, the candle was lighted, and each of the children was taught to kneel separately at prayer. After reading the Bible, and half an hour's conversation, each one retired to their bed..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1832 and 31 Dec 1850 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Shropshire | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Oct 1830 |
Socio-economic group: | n/a |
Occupation: | son of Wesleyan minister |
Religion: | Methodist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
perhaps family members -unsure if reading was aloud or individual |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 1302 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 317 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (1861), 4, p. 317, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1302, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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