Record Number: 11289

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

5 Feb 1836 Mary Birch To John Birch (son) 'How kind it was in you to copy that appropriate passage in Locke; and I, with the assistance of my good and intelligent governess [companion Lilie] to help me, looked for it in my two volumes of Locke's Essays, but our eyes have not hit on it yet'...

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1836 and 31 Dec 1836

Country:

England

Time

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Place:

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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:

John Birch

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

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Religion:

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Country of Origin:

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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:

John Locke

Title:

Essays

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11289

Source:

Print

Author:

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Editor:

John W Birch

Title:

Letters written by the Late Mrs Birch of Barton Lodge in the ninety-ninth and hundredth years of her age

Place of Publication:

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Date of Publication:

1837

Vol:

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Page:

17

Additional Comments:

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Citation:

John W Birch (ed.), Letters written by the Late Mrs Birch of Barton Lodge in the ninety-ninth and hundredth years of her age, (1837), p. 17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11289, accessed: 21 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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