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Record 8953

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'About this period, Mr Tymms sent down for inspection the proof of his Acct. of Northamptonshire for the Family Topographer to which I added several paragraphs and corrected others.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 6 Jan 1835
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Northampton
other location: Home
   
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:John Cole
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 Oct 1792
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Publisher / bookseller
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Tymms
Title: Family Topographer
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Proof
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: n/a

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8953  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: John Cole
  Title: An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough
  Location: York Minster Archive
  Call no: Add Mss 153/9
  Page/folio: 127-8

Citation: John Cole, An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough York Minster Archive, p. Add Mss 153/9, p. 127-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8953, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

The Family Topographer - by Samuel Tymms, published in 1835, London, J B Michael Sanson, 25 Parliament Street, and Simplan and Co, Stationer's Hall Court. Five shillings a volume. 8 page advert attached in Cole's diary (p. 127-8). Add Mss 153/9 (also 2 sided review) "John Cole kept diaries throughout his life - and then used the diaries to produce a manuscript 'An Account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough' (started in 1829 - 18 volumes). Much of the substance of the MS is based on his diaries (and appears for much of the MS to be copied direct from his diaries). The original diaries are apparently no longer extant."

 

 

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