At his very first meeting he sent out fifty penny postal cards to his theatrical friends and only six came, out of sympathy; too shy to charge, he passed a basket and each gave a dollar, which paid the rent, and he never turned back.
Date (happened)
c. 1938
stated · probable · preferred
before 1964
bound · possible
Source
qualifying source passages 553267; telling lecture nids 2115
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [553267] belong to telling lecture nids [2115]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1964 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1964 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 14 January 1964
bound
Source
Passage recounts the first meeting retrospectively; carrier nid 2115 has a certain delivery date of 1964-01-14.
Why
More precise certain telling-ceiling bound appended beside the older possible year-only bound.
Reasoning
Neville says 'the first time I started' and describes the meeting as completed history, necessarily placing it before the carrier lecture. The carrier's certain 1964-01-14 delivery supplies the safe upper ceiling, while the passage supplies no exact occurrence date.
Told / reported
14 January 1964
estimated
Source
Carrier lecture nid 2115 has a supported certain delivery date of 1964-01-14.
Why
Missing carrier-derived told claim.
Reasoning
The event is told in nid 2115 and inherits its certain exact delivery date. Under the L4 node-source rule the derived event told claim is typed estimated, not stated.
Sources
Source
- Binding and Loosing ¶36 (The first time I started, six people came, all through sympathy. I sent out fifty penny postal cards. In those days there was such a thing as a penny card, and I sent out the large amount of fifty cents worth.)
- Binding and Loosing ¶36 (The first time I started, six people came, all through sympathy. I sent out fifty penny postal cards.)