| Evidence: | 'The following particulars relating to a poor woman named Amelia Roberts, who has hanged for robbing her master's house, are so instructive both to masters and servants... The facts stated were communicated by her to two of the ladies of the Newgate Association who visited her ... [in the condemned cell in Newgate] She asked for Toplady's beautiful hymn, beginning, "Rock of Ages, cleft for me"; and on receiving a hymn-book which contained it read it with great interest, saying it exactly described her feelings' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 26 Dec 1826 and 2 Jan 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Newgate Gaol other location: prison, condemned cell |
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| Reader: | Amelia Roberts |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Servant |
| Occupation: | former servant, prisoner |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [hymn-book] |
| Genre: | Other religious, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 23140 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Matilda Wrench | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Visits to female prisoners at home and abroad | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1852 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 14 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Matilda Wrench, Visits to female prisoners at home and abroad (London, 1852), p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23140, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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