Record Number: 24441

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

John Wilson Croker to Lord Hertford, 30 January 1833: 'Are you fond of a bit of superstition? One day last week, at A. Baring's, I told them at breakfast that I dreamt a tooth had dropped out, and that, of course, I should hear of the death of a friend. So we looked at the newspapers for a couple of days with some kind of interest, but no bad news came, and we were about to give up our superstition, when lo! two days after, I read an account of the death that very same night of my dear old friend Lord Exmouth, who with his dying breath sent me a most affectionate message.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1833 and 30 Jan 1833

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Reading Group:

John Wilson Croker and others at home of A. Baring

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Death reports

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1-30 January 1833

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24441

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Louis J. Jennings

Title:

The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1884

Vol:

2

Page:

201

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830., (London, 1884), 2, p. 201, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24441, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None