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Sermons of James Husband, Burgher minister, Dunfermline

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HUS

Scope and Contents

Sermons and lectures of James Husband, Burgher Minister of Dunfermline.

Notes are handwritten in English, but with many sections in shorthand. Some volumes are written from both the front and the back. Most volumes are prefaced with a contents of the bible passages that are covered.

Volumes are dated on the outside boards. The sequence begins chronologically, but begins to become more randomised after MS HUS 21. As well as the main board dates, additional dates and notes are added in when sermons and lectures were revisted and given again.

Board dates:

MS HUS 1 - MS HUS 3 - 1776. Pen trials on both boards

MS HUS 4 - MS HUS 5 - 1777

MS HUS 6 - 1778

MS HUS 7 - MS HUS 8 - 1779. Scrap laid in of a sermon given in 1746.

MS HUS 9 - MS HUS 10 - 1780

MS HUS 11 - MS HUS 12 - 1781

MS HUS 13 - MS HUS 14 - 1783

MS HUS 15 - 1785

MS HUS 16 - MS HUS 17 - 1786. Brief key to shorthand in pencil on back board

MS HUS 18 - MS HUS 19 - 1790

MS HUS 20 - 1791

MS HUS 21 - 1792

MS HUS 22 - 1788

MS HUS 23 - 1794

MS HUS 24 - 1795 to 1797

MS HUS 25 - 1788

MS HUS 26 - 1789

MS HUS 27 - 1798 to 1800

MS HUS 28 - 1799 to 1800. 2 leaves in secretary hand laid in, of a sermon delivered in 1705.

MS HUS 29 - 1794

MS HUS 30 - 1800

MS HUS 31 - 1798. Back board reads 'Sermons at Limekilns'

MS HUS 32 - 1800

MS HUS 33 - 1776

MS HUS 34 - 1778

MS HUS 35 - 1777

MS HUS 36 - 1782

MS HUS 37 - 1783

MS HUS 38 - 1784

MS HUS 39 - 1785

MS HUS 40 - 1790

MS HUS 41 - 1796

MS HUS 42 - 1796

MS HUS 43 - 1789

From the General Assembly Library

Dates

  • Creation: 1776-1817

Conditions Governing Access

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

43 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

MS HUS 1 to MS HUS 43

Physical Facet

Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the New College Library Special Collections Repository

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