Record Number: 14873
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'all morning at the office finishing my letter to Sir Rob Brookes, which I did with great content; and yet at noon, when I came home to dinner, I read it over again after it was sealed and delivered to the messenger, and read it to my clerks who dined with me, and there I did resolve upon some alteration and caused it to be new writ'
Century:1600-1699
Date:25 Nov 1667
Country:England
Timeafternoon: at noon, dinner time
Place:city: London
location in dwelling: at home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
his clerks from the Admiralty
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letter to Sir Robert Brookes]
Genre:Law, correspondence
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14873
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:8
Page:546
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 546, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14873, accessed: 10 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None