Record Number: 5145
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"As a young man ... [James Watson] moved to Leeds, and was immediately immersed in the clandestine world of the unstamped press: "'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, which stated that the Radical Reformers held their meetings in a room in that court. Curiosity prompted me to hear what was going on. I found them reading Wooler's Black Dwarf, Carlile's Republican, and Cobbett's Register."
Century:1800-1849
Date:1818
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Leeds
specific address: Union Court
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Members of Radical Reform group
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
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:The Political Register
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5145
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:128
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe, (Oxford, 2000), p. 128, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5145, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from J. Watson, "Reminiscences of James Watson," in D. Vincent, ed., Testaments of Radicalism (London, 1977) 109.
