Record Number: 1916
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to write, and took pen and paper -I told him the persons name and my business, and he completed the letter and read it to me, it contained what I wanted, and answered my purpose very well, it was sent, and I received a very satisfactory answer. I have known him nine years -I have heard him read a story book, which was very entertaining, there was the names of fishes of the sea, and animals on the earth; I do not recollect the name of anything but the rattle snake." Q: "How long ago was this?" Fuller: "About nine years; it was at his house in Green parish -Ann Siders, his present wife was with him -I frequently called there, as I knew the people; it was one o'clock in the afternoon; he read an hour, or perhaps more, and told me the meanings of the things he read, about beasts, fishes and creeping things on earth..."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 6 Jun 1821
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Green parish, Kent
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:farmer's labourer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
June Fuller, wife of labourer, who asked him to compose letter for her
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
after composing for Fuller
Source Information:
Record ID:1916
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 June 1821, Trial of James West, William Beer, John Richardson, Thomas Richardson, William Williams and Thomas Webster (t18210606-54)
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 1 August 2006), 6 June 1821, Trial of James West, William Beer, John Richardson, Thomas Richardson, William Williams and Thomas Webster (t18210606-54), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1916, accessed: 01 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
