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Record 5854

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I dined with Captain Castle yesterday; who lent me the Backwoodsman by Dunlop; which I have read through. After doing so [...] I am more than ever pleased with this country.' [Buys a copy of this text on Monday 10 Dec 1832].
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 9 Dec 1832
Country: Upper Canada
Time: n/a
Place: city: York
other location: Hotel room?
   
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:William Richard Grahame
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 16 Apr 1807
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Lawyer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Upper Canada
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Dunlop
Title: 'The Backwoodsman' or Statistical Sketches of Uppe
Genre: Geography / Travel, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (private library)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5854  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Richard Grahame
  Editor: Fred B. Grahame
  Title: The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada
  Place of Publication: Dundas
  Date of Publication: 1989
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 131
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Richard Grahame, Fred B. Grahame (ed.), The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada (Dundas, 1989), p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5854, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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