Record Number: 8553
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My master said to me one day, he was surprized that I did not learn to write my own letters, and added, that he was sure that I could learn to do it in a very short time. ... Without any delay I set about it, by taking up pieces of paper that had any writing on them, and initiating the letters as well as I could. I employed my leisure hours in this way for near two months, after which time I wrote my own letters, in a bad hand, you may be sure; but it was plain and easy to read, which was all I cared for.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1768 and 31 Dec 1768
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Kingsbridge
Type of Experience(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:11 Sep 1746
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journeyman shoemaker
Religion:Wesleyan
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:various scraps of writing
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:8553
Source:James Lackington
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1791
Vol:n/a
Page:102-3
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington, (London, 1791), p. 102-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8553, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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