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Record Number: 12217


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From his diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox, James and David Herriots and me twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1797 and 31 Dec 1797

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Berwickshire or Roxburghshire

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 Hastie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1762

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

minister

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Kelso Mail

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group


Source Information:

Record ID:

12217

Source:

Print

Author:

John Hastie

Editor:

Ronald Morrison

Title:

Full of Egotism, being the Diary of the Rev. John Hastie, Minister of Edrom Parish Berwickshire 1797 to 1822

Place of Publication:

Whitberry

Date of Publication:

2004

Vol:

n/a

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Hastie, Ronald Morrison (ed.), Full of Egotism, being the Diary of the Rev. John Hastie, Minister of Edrom Parish Berwickshire 1797 to 1822, (Whitberry, 2004), p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12217, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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