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Record Number: 12184


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Extract from The Whitehall Evening Post, April 1808 recording the marriage of Mary of Buttermere

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1808 and 31 Dec 1808

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Isle of Wight
specific address: The Hermitage

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lydia Haskoll

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1756

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Housewife

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

White Hall Evening Post

Genre:

Biography, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

12184

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Lydia Haskoll

Title:

Memorandum Book, 1805-8

Location:

Bodleian Library, Oxford

Call No:

None

Page/Folio:

[2]

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Lydia Haskoll, Memorandum Book, 1805-8, Bodleian Library, Oxford, None, [2], http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12184, accessed: 21 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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