Record Number: 11111
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'about this time I began to practis accounts, I bought a Book, & Slate, and got somebody to set me a gate at the beginning of a Rule, & then wrought by my book &c, and in a while got forward in arethmatic &c'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Mar 1793 and 1 Jun 1793
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: He was lodging with a friend of the family
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:Dec 1772
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Apprentice Mechanic in a Lancashire Mill
Religion:C of E? Converted to Baptism 1800, Methodism 1802.
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Textbook / self-education, Mathematics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11111
Source:Benjamin Shaw
Editor:A. G. Crosby
Title:The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841
Place of Publication:Stroud
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:31
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841, (Stroud, 1991), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11111, accessed: 13 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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