Record Number: 5833
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first becam acquainted with politics and theology. Passingalong 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 go and hear what was going on. I found them reading Woller's Black Dwarf, Carlile's Republican, and Cobbett's Register. I remembered my mother being in the habit of reading Cobbett's Register, and saying she '"ondered people spoke so much against it; she saw nothing bad in it, but she saw a great many good things in it." After hearing it read in the the meeting room, I was of my mother's opinion.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1818 and 31 Dec 1818
Country:England
Timeevening: Evening, during the autumn.
Place:city: Leeds
county: Yorkshire
specific address: corner of Union Court, Briggate
other location: in the street
(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:Male
Date of Birth:1799
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Warehouseman at a drysalter's in Leeds.
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
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:[a 'bill' advertising a meeting].
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement, Handbill, Poster
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5833
Source:n/a
Editor:David Vincent
Title:Testaments of Radicalism
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:110
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent (ed.), Testaments of Radicalism, (London, 1977), p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5833, accessed: 08 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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