Sermons of James Husband, Burgher minister, Dunfermline
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
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