Record Number: 5904

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Afternoon reading some History of the Devil'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 Nov 1819

Country:

Scotland

Time

afternoon: afternoon

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Adam Mackie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Farmer. Rented farm in 1815. Apprenticedin Aberdeen as a booktrader( 1800-1805). Marries 1817. Branches out into shopkeeping and innkeeping

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Daniel Defoe

Title:

History of the Devil or The Political History of t

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5904

Source:

Print

Author:

Adam Mackie

Editor:

David Stevenson

Title:

The Diary of a Canny Man 1818-1825- Adam Mackie, Farmer, Merchant and Innkeeper in Fyvie

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

Compiled by William Mackie, Ed. David Stevenson

Citation:

Adam Mackie, David Stevenson (ed.), The Diary of a Canny Man 1818-1825- Adam Mackie, Farmer, Merchant and Innkeeper in Fyvie, (Aberdeen, 1991), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5904, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None