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Record 261

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'far less shall earth now hastening to decay...' 'world before the flood' 'isle of man June 15th 31'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 13 Jun 1831
Country: Isle of Man
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan
Age Unknown
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Isle of Man
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Montgomery
Title: The world before the flood; a poem in ten cantos
Genre: Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 261  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Elisabeth Duncan
  Title: album
  Location: St Clair collection
  Call no: n/a
  Page/folio: 148

Citation: Elisabeth Duncan, album St Clair collection, p. 148, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=261, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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