Record Number: 23138
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The following particulars relating to a poor woman named Amelia Roberts, who has hanged for robbing her master's house, are so instructive both to masters and servants... The facts stated were communicated by her to two of the ladies of the Newgate Association who visited her ... [in the gaol in Monmouth] Conscience was there aroused from its long slumber. She met with a little book which recalled to her memory the instructions she had received from Lady E.K., and the feelings thus excited were, through the overruling power and grace of God, confirmed and strengthened'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Monmouth
other location: prison
(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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:former servant, prisoner
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
Source Information:
Record ID:23138
Source:Matilda Wrench
Editor:n/a
Title:Visits to female prisoners at home and abroad
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1852
Vol:n/a
Page:13
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Matilda Wrench, Visits to female prisoners at home and abroad, (London, 1852), p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23138, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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