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Record 24448

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Sir W. Follett to John Wilson Croker, from Paris, 6 October 1840: 'We saw in Galignani yesterday that George Giffard [Follett's brother-in-law, and a ward of Croker's] had been wounded in this affair on the coast of Syria [...] I should hope, however, from the way it is mentioned in the paper, that his wound is not very serious.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 5 Oct 1840
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Paris
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Sir W. Follett
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Galignani['s Messenger?]
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: October 1840
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24448  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Louis J. Jennings
  Title: The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1884
  Vol: 2
  Page: 368-369
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830. (London, 1884), 2, p. 368-369, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24448, accessed: 02 May 2024

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