Evidence: | "As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press:
"'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, which stated that the Radical Reformers held their meetings in a room in that court. Curiosity prompted me to hear what was going on. I found them reading Wooler's Black Dwarf, Carlile's Republican, and Cobbett's Register." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1818 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Leeds specific address: Union Court |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Members of Radical Reform group |
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: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | The Political Register |
Genre: | Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5145 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | David Vincent | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 128 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe (Oxford, 2000), p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5145, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
Quotation from J. Watson, "Reminiscences of James Watson," in D. Vincent, ed., Testaments of Radicalism (London, 1977) 109. |
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