Evidence: | Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps:
"I take home the 'Family Herald', and read it with a great deal of pleasure, and it is read by every member of my family" |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1843 and 31 Dec 1850 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Manchester location in dwelling: home |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Abel Heywood |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | general publisher and newspaper agent |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Family Herald |
Genre: | Fiction, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1556 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps [Commons] 1851 (facsimile edition, Irish University Press, Shannon, 1969), p. 377, |
Citation: | Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps [Commons] 1851 (facsimile edition, Irish University Press, Shannon, 1969), p. 377, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1556, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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