Mitchell, James, Rev., 1763-1835 (Church of Scotland minister and tutor to Sir Walter Scott)

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Sermons, prayers and correspondence of Rev James Mitchell (1759-1835), minister at Montrose

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Identifier: MS MIT 2

Scope and Contents Papers of Rev. James Mitchell (1759-1835), Minister at Montrose. Manuscript text spans one small bound volume, and a stack of gathered papers.Events covered in sermons and prayers include: - A celebration of the King's Birthday (4 June, 1794), - A funeral sermon on Mitchell's own death (1835), - A draft of a reply by James Mitchell to a pamphlet by Provost Christie [against the Kirk Session of Montrose, 1790], - A speech delivered by the Rev. James Mitchell...

Dates: 1790-1835

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Mitchell, James (Surgeon) (1792-) (Parent of Related)

Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) (Associative with Related)

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Sir Walter Scott was given private tuition by Rev. James Mitchell in arithmetic and writing. Rev. James Mitchell also taught Sir Walter Scott the history of the Church of Scotland with emphasis on the Covenanters.

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