Record Number: 5838
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, which stated that the Radical Reformers held their meetings in a room in that court. Curiosity prompted me to go and hear what was going on. I found them reading Woller's Black Dwarf, Carlile's Republican, and Cobbett's Register. I remembered my mother being in the habit of reading Cobbett's Register, and saying she "wondered people spoke so much against it; she saw nothing bad in it, but she saw a great many good things in it." After hearing it read in the the meeting room, I was of my mother's opinion.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1818 and 31 Dec 1818
Country:n/a
Timeevening: Evening, during the Autumn.
Place:city: Leeds
county: Yorkshire
specific address: Union Court
other location: A Room
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Group of 'Radical Reformers', who regularly met in Leeds
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
James Watson (1799-1874), audience of a meeting of radical reformers.
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Black Dwarf
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:5838
Source:n/a
Editor:David Vincent
Title:Testaments of Radicalism
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:110
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent (ed.), Testaments of Radicalism, (London, 1977), p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5838, accessed: 18 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
