Record Number: 14087

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and at the Dukes, with great joy, I received the good news of the decrease of the plague this week to 70, and but 253 in all; which is the least Bill hath been known these twenty years in the City - though the want of people in London is it that make it so low, below the ordinary number for Bills.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

3 Jan 1666

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at the residence of the Duke of Abemarle

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:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Bill of mortality

Genre:

Medicine, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14087

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

7

Page:

3

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1972), 7, p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14087, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None