| Evidence: | Day on which E. Fry read the new rules to the female prisoners at Newgate: 'when this business was concluded, one of the visitors read aloud the 15th chapter of Luke - the parable of the barren fig tree, seeming applicable to the audience' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1817 and 30 Apr 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Newgate Gaol other location: prison |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Fry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1780 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | wife of merchant |
| Religion: | Quaker |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
female prisoners, ladies - members of the newly formed prison visiting society |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | Bible (New Testament) |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 23129 | |
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| Author: | Thomas Fowell Buxton | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | An inquiry whether crime and misery are produced or prevented by our present system of prison discipline | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1818 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 126 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Fowell Buxton, An inquiry whether crime and misery are produced or prevented by our present system of prison discipline (London, 1818), p. 126, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23129, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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