| Evidence: | 'My excellent mother had a fair education - at all events she could read and write fairly well - and she was often asked to read and write letters for neighbours who could not read or write for themselves.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: South Mimms county: Hertfordshire |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Sarah Tinsley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | wife of gamekeeper |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Neighbours |
| Additional comments: | mother of William Tinsley, nee Sarah Dover |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [letters] |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 6606 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Tinsley | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Random recollections of an old publisher | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1900 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 8 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Tinsley, Random recollections of an old publisher (London, 1900), 1, p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6606, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
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