Evidence: | '... at the end of my fourth year I drew a small weekly salary one half of which my father allowed me for my own use... I bought books, and read as much as possible, and reflected upon what I read while engaged in my daily avocations.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1824 and 31 Dec 1824 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Devon | ||||||||||
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: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Apprentice printer |
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: | [unknown] |
Title: | [various titles] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 7943 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Charles Manby Smith | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Working man's way into the world | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1857 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 14 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Charles Manby Smith, Working man's way into the world (London, 1857), p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7943, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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