| Evidence: | '"My books" - I have a few of my own - pick up a loom where it can be had; so of course my reading is without choice or system.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1809 and 31 Dec 1841 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Inverury | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | William Thom |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Journeyman hand-loom weaver / poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [various] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7945 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Thom | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Rhymes and recollections of a hand-loom weaver | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1844 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Thom, Rhymes and recollections of a hand-loom weaver (London, 1844), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7945, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)