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Record 4456

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
" ... in Springfield when a printed copy of the code of laws of 1648 arrived in 1649, it was promptly 'published,' that is, read aloud to a gathering of the townspeople."
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 1649
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: city: Springfield, Massachusetts
   
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:anon
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: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Townspeople of Springfield
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Code of Laws 1648
Genre: Law
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4456  
Source - Print  
  Author: David D. Hall
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the B362
  Place of Publication: Amherst
  Date of Publication: 1996
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 167
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the B362 (Amherst, 1996), p. 167, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4456, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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