Four volumes of notes, possibly by Edmund Butcher, on the doctrines of Christianity, compiled at the Academy, Daventry, Northamptonshire, in Jeremiah Rich's system of shorthand as improved by Philip Doddridge.
Dates
- Creation: 1786-7
Extent
0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. th. f. 43, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. th. f. 43-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10257
Abstract
Notes on the Doctrines of Christianity, possibly by Edmund Butcher.
Biographical / Historical
Edmund Butcher (1757-1822) was a unitarian minister. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46779-82.
Custodial History
The volumes were owned by Samuel Bache. They were given by his son to Spring Hill College, Birmingham, in 1876.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were given to the Library by Mansfield College, Oxford, in 1964.
Subject
- Butcher | Edmund | 1757-1822 | Unitarian (Person)
- Doddridge Academy | Daventry, Northamptonshire (Organisation)
- Title
- Notes on the Doctrines of Christianity, possibly by Edmund Butcher
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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