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Record 7007

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Man". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and his other theological works, but they made not the least alterations in his religious opinions.?
Century: 1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Middleton
county: Lancashire
   
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:Daniel Bamford
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: muslin weaver and part-time teacher
Religion: Methodist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Samuel Bamford's father

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Paine
Title: Age of Reason
Genre: Other religious, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7007  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Bamford
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Early Days
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1849
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 42-43
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Bamford, Early Days (London, 1849), p. 42-43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7007, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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