Record Number: 9870

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the "Iris" of this day Dr M advertises the subjects of the two next lectures ...Montgomery [the editor] is very careful of what he says about the riots; a burnt child dreads the fire.' [Report on church charities noted from this issue of the 'Iris' appears on F 3 of the journal in the margin.]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 May 1800

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Portobello, Sheffield
county: Yorkshire
location in dwelling: Home (he lives with Joseph Evans, his guardian and Presbyterian minister)

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:

Joseph Hunter

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Feb 1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Apprentice in a Sheffield Warehouse: son of a Sheffield manufacturer

Religion:

Presbyterian

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:

The Sheffield Iris

Genre:

Politics, Science, Ephemera, Technology

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9870

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Joseph Hunter

Title:

Journal, 1800

Location:

British Library

Call No:

ADD 24, 880

Page/Folio:

7

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Joseph Hunter, Journal, 1800, British Library, ADD 24, 880, 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9870, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None