Evidence: | ?here I was stationed in a half Room that is half the men of our Company, and half of another Company and there was a man whose name was Samuel winwright a man of the other company in the Room with me and he was a good Scholar and he undertook to learn me to Read in a better tone of voice than I had attained too and to keep my points and stops for I had never learned them before?. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1806 and 31 May 1806 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: lodgings in Soldiers' barracks | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Mayett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 12 Mar 1783 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Fellow soldier, Samuel Winright |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [unknown] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7380 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Mayett | |
Editor: | Ann Kussmaul | |
Title: | The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton | |
Place of Publication: | Buckinghamshire | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 37 | |
Additional comments: | May 1806 |
Citation: | Joseph Mayett, Ann Kussmaul (ed.), The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton (Buckinghamshire, 1986), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7380, accessed: 06 June 2023 |
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