| Evidence: | Visit from cell to cell:
'25. A letter-carrier, for a post-office felony. A man of dissolute and drunken habits; a professed infidel; never read the Bible until he was shut up in this prison. Since his incarceration two of his little children have died. He was very fond of them, with all his faults; and their death seemed to make an impression. He studied Holy Scripture, and professed, at least, belief in revelation.' |
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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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| 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: | prisoner, formerly letter carrier (postman) |
| 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: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) probably prison issue |
| Record ID: | 15103 | |
| 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: | 253 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Joseph Kingsmill, Chapters on prisons and prisoners (London, 1852, 2nd edn), p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15103, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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