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Record Number: 5434


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I found on entering Harborough the walls posted with a proclamation forbidding all meetings in favour of Chartism."

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Market Harborough

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 Bedford Leno

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Chartist printer

Religion:

n/a

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:

[proclamations forbidding Chartists' meetings]

Genre:

Politics, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

5434

Source:

Print

Author:

John Bedford Leno

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1892

Vol:

n/a

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Bedford Leno, The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno, (London, 1892), p. 32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5434, accessed: 18 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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