| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake, those infidel writers, and have also read the works of Bulwer, Dickens and numbers of others..." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Oct 1830 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | son of Wesleyan minister, pickpocket turned patterer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1307 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 324 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 4, p. 324, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1307, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| probably as adult, but unsure |
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