Record Number: 7374
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I made very little progress in learning until the year 1794 only my mother borrowed the pilgrim?s progress and Doctor Watts hymns for me and told me the meaning of them as well as she Could which kept me from going back but I Could not advance because I had no one to teach me.?
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1790 and 31 Dec 1794
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Quainton
county: Buckinghamshire
location in dwelling: home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:12 Mar 1783
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Set to lace-making
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
His mother (probably)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pilgrim's Progress
Genre:Other religious, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:7374
Source:Joseph Mayett
Editor:Ann Kussmaul
Title:The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton
Place of Publication:Buckinghamshire
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:2
Additional Comments:
Before 1794
Citation:
Joseph Mayett, Ann Kussmaul (ed.), The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton, (Buckinghamshire, 1986), p. 2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7374, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None