Record Number: 12806
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When the circumstances of my arrest came to be known, some of the newspapers commented severely on the harshness of the treatment used towards me; and particularly the "Colonial Times", a well-conducted Hobart Town paper, which warmly urged that meetings should be held, and petitions adopted by all the colonists, both of Van Diemen's Land and Australia, praying for the "pardon" of all those gentlemen known as the "Irish State Prisoners". When I saw the article this morning, I immediately wrote a short letter to the "Times", commencing thus - I suppose - it will be accounted another act of "contempt"...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:9 Jun 1851
Country:Australia
Timemorning
Place:city: Longford
county: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)
location in dwelling: at lodgings
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Nov 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion:Presbyterian family
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Australia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Colonial Times
Genre:Politics, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12806
Source:John Mitchel
Editor:n/a
Title:Jail Journal
Place of Publication:Dublin
Date of Publication:1913
Vol:n/a
Page:258
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 258, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12806, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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