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Record 5061

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[The text is an open letter from Pearson to Paley, praising the latter's book, and suggesting its use as an academic textbook. The letter is dated 11/11/1802]
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1802 and 11 Nov 1802
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Rempstone
   
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 Pearson
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1756
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Clergyman
Religion: Orthodox Anglican
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: William Paley
Title: Natural Theology
Genre: Other religious, Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5061  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Edward Pearson, 'Letter To Dr Paley', The Churchman's Magazine, 3 (1802), pp. 293-5,

Citation: Edward Pearson, 'Letter To Dr Paley', The Churchman's Magazine, 3 (1802), pp. 293-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5061, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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