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Record 29083

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'3rd mo. 15th. In looking over the events of today, I believe I suffered loss from reading the light and frivolous contents of a newspaper. May it serve as a caution for the future. The enemy is ever on the alert to instil poison into our minds.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 15 Mar 1824
Country: England
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:Edward Foster Brady
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 29 Dec 1802
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Superintendent of Croydon School
Religion: Quaker
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29083  
Source - Print  
  Author: Edward Foster Brady
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A memoir of Edward Foster Brady, late superintendent of Croydon School, consisting chiefly of extracts from his letters and journal
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1839
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 7
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Edward Foster Brady, A memoir of Edward Foster Brady, late superintendent of Croydon School, consisting chiefly of extracts from his letters and journal (London, 1839), p. 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29083, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

I do not know if the original manuscript journal (from which selections were made for this publication) survives.

 

 

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