Record Number: 9972

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Saw the "Sheffield Iris" paper- and in it the report of a division in the House of Commons on a motion of Sir W. Ingilby "For reducing or repealing the malt tax' ...this was hailed throughout the country as something being done for the people...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Apr 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Joseph Jenkinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1810

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Hatter (outworker)

Religion:

Methodist

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:

[n/a]

Title:

The Sheffield Iris

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9972

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Jenkinson

Editor:

K.M Battye

Title:

The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield, 1833-43

Place of Publication:

Nottingham

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Joseph Jenkinson, K.M Battye (ed.), The Diary of Joseph Jenkinson of Dronfield, 1833-43, (Nottingham, 1987), p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9972, accessed: 17 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None