Record Number: 3523

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Dear Mr. Prothero, Did you see the Morning Post of last Wednesday or Thursday? The headlines ran: "British Spy in the Kiel Canal" and then they proceed to give my name and quotations.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 19 Oct 1916 and 26 Oct 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Ludlow

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:

J.M. de Beaufort

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Article in the Morning Post entitled 'British Spy in the Kiel Canal'

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In the Morning Post October 1916

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3523

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

J.M. de Beaufort

Title:

Correspondence from various correspondents with Prothero

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

John Murray Archive, MS 472B

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Letter from JM. de Beaufort, 26 Oct 1916

Citation:

J.M. de Beaufort, Correspondence from various correspondents with Prothero, National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, MS 472B, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3523, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

This letter is in a folder in the John Murray Archive, of correspondents with Prothero with surnames DEB to GWY. All letters are loose. The NLS was, at the time of writing, in the process of recataloguing the John Murray Archive. All MS call numbers should therefore be checked at source.