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Record Number: 4454


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Rereading, some twenty years later, correspondence from the 1650s collected at Swarthmore Hall, [George] Fox crossed out passages he now deemed inappropriate ...'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Swarthmore
Lancashire
Swarthmore Hall

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:

George Fox

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1624

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Preacher

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Quaker correspondence

Genre:

Other religious, Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4454

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

147

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book, (Amherst, 1996), p. 147, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4454, accessed: 07 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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