Evidence: | "'ne morning as we were sitting at breakfast, about 9 o'clock, ... in the garden, the postman, who had been knocking at the door, ... flung a paid letter on the path. Patty picked it up - it was directed to my father, and my mother opened it... My mother put a half-sheet into my hand from Dr D of Prospect Villa, ... "There", said she, "is something which I hope will prevent your going to Caudon - read it". The note was an acknowledgement...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1830 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning: 9 am | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Bristol | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charles Manby Smith |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1804 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Printer / compositor |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Dr D of Prospect Villa |
Title: | [letter] |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6578 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Charles Manby Smith | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The working man's way in the world | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1857 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 136 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world (London, 1857), p. 136, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6578, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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