Record Number: 10951

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Took Colquhoun's "treatise of the police of the metropolis" to the library. I have not read it but, Mr Evans has; he says that he gives a most dreadful idea of the state of London; he says there are no less than 200, 000 persons, who when they get up in the morning do not know where they shall lay their head at night. That very miserable story, which I have cut out of an old "Iris" & is amongst the rest of the newspaper scraps, & entitled "On the Police of Paris" Mr Col[...] says was related to him by a Foreign Ambassador, who was at Paris at the time.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

18 Jul 1799

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sheffield
location in dwelling: home

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 Hunter

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Feb 1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Apprentice at Hadfield & Co, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Religion:

Presbyterian

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 Iris

Genre:

Social Science, Law, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10951

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Joseph Hunter

Title:

Journal

Location:

British Library

Call No:

ADD MSS 24879

Page/Folio:

57

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Joseph Hunter, Journal, British Library, ADD MSS 24879, 57, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10951, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None