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Papers of Henry Erskine (1720-1754)

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Identifier: MS ERS H 4

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Scope and Contents

Papers of Henry Erskine, (1720-54), Burgher Minister at Falkirk, split into three sections.

1. Item identifier: MS ERS H 4

Vellum notebook, with a note on the cover dating it to 1737-46 and belonging to Rev. Henry Erskine and Rev. John Erskine. Contains mathematical diagrams and formulae, and sermons preached by others - including Ralph Erskine. Text is mostly in shorthand, with an additional note by "J. M. W., 1898" loosely inserted.

2. Item identifiers: MS ERS H 5/1-4

4 Notebooks with text in shorthand, apart from 1 discourse in volume 1 that is in latin. Additional notes are loosely inserted into volume 1 and volume 4. They are in English, and are signed by J. M. W., 1898.
MS ERS H 5/1 1742-1743
MS ERS H 5/2 1744-1745
MS ERS H 5/3 1746-1748
MS ERS H 5/4 1750-1752

3. Item identifier: MS ERS H 6

Four printed pamphlets bound together into a single volume. Each title page bears the signature of Henry Erskine dated 1746 - 1747. The front flyleaf has a handwritten contents.
MS ERS H 6/1 - Ebenezer Erskine. 'A testimony to the doctrine, worship, government and discipline of the Church of Scotland'. Lumisden and Robertson, 1734. The name 'Janet Morison' is written above that of Henry Erskine, but is scored through.
MS ERS H 6/2 - Ebenezer Erskine et. al. 'Reasons ... why they have not acceded to the Judicatories of the Establish'd Church'. Lumisden and Robertson, 1735.
MS ERS H 6/3 - Ralph Erskine. 'Act, Declaration and Testimony for the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government of the Church of Scotland'. Lumisden and Robertson, 1737.
MS ERS H 6/4 - Ebenezer Erskine. 'Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Presbytery, Met at Edinburgh, May 1739'. Jaffray, 1739.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1733-1752

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Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers at Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Contact repository in advance: is-crc@ed.ac.uk

Full Extent

6 items (approx).

Language of Materials

English

Latin

Additional Description

Physical Location

MS ERS H4 to MS ERS H6/4

Related Materials

MS ERS H 6/1 - Erskine, Ebenezer, et al. A Testimony to the Doctrine, Worship, Government and Discipline of the Church of Scotland : Or Reasons by Mr. Ebenezer Erskine Minister at Stirling, Mr. William Wilson Minister at Perth, Mr. Alexander Moncrieff, Minister at Abernethy and Mr. James Fisher Minister at Kinclaven, for Their Protestation Entred [Sic] before the Commission of the General Assembly, November 1733 upon the Intimation of a Sentence of the Said Commission Loosing Their Relation to Their Respective Parishes [etc.]. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson, and sold at their printing-house in the Fish-Market, 1734.

MS ERS H 6/2 - Erskine, Ebenezer, et al. Reasons by Mr. Ebenezer Erskine Minister at Stirling, Mr. William Wilson Minister at Perth, Mr. Alexander Moncrieff, Minister at Abernethy and Mr. James Fisher Minister at Kinclaven, Why They Have Not Acceded to the Judicatories of the Established Church. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson, and sold at their printing-house in the Fish-Market, 1735.

MS ERS H 6/3 - Erskine, Ralph, and Thomas Mair. Act, Declaration and Testimony for the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government of the Church of Scotland : Agreeable to the Word of God, the Confession of Faith, the National Covenant of Scotland, and the Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Nations : And against Several Steps of Defection from the Same, Both in Former and Present Times. Printed for James Jaffray bookseller in Stirling, 1737.

MS ERS H 6/4 - Erskine, Ebenezer. Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Presbytery, Met at Edinburgh, May 1739 : Containing Their Declinature, to Which Are Subjoin’d Some Remarks on the Commission’s Libel, and on the Act of the General Assembly Relative to the Seceding Ministers : Containing a Genuine Copy of Mr. Erskine’s Protest in the Pulpit of Stirling, February 25th, 1739 with a Defence Thereof. Printed for James Jaffray bookseller in Stirling, and sold by him and other Booksellers in Town and Country, 1739.

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Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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