| Evidence: | Visit from cell to cell:
'15. A farm labourer, of good capacity, who, having mastered here the alphabet and the art of reading, had from the library an account of our Protestant martyrs, and being much interested in the subject, asked me several questions in relation to them; one was, whether I knew Master Ridley?' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Pentonville Prison other location: in his cell |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | prisoner, formerly farm labourer |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [book on the Protestant martyrs] |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) from prison library |
| Record ID: | 15102 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Kingsmill | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Chapters on prisons and prisoners | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1852, 2nd edn | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 249 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Joseph Kingsmill, Chapters on prisons and prisoners (London, 1852, 2nd edn), p. 249, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15102, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
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