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Sermons of James Kirkton (1628-1699), minister of Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh and others

 Collection
Identifier: MS KIRK
Scope and Contents MS KIRK 1:Manuscript volume written in secretary hand. Front board and end leaves bear inscriptions of various former owners, including:'To the Rev. Dr. Thomson from a sincere friend' 'Andrew morrison, 1833'Volume contains:1. Five sermons on Job 19:25, preached by Rev. James Kirkton in the Tron Church, Edinburgh, in January - May 1695. 72 pages.2. A short treatise "Practicall inderences drawn from the excellency of the Christian...
Dates: 1692-1709
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of James MacKie (c.1686-1765), minister of Forteviot

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCK 3
Scope and Contents Notebook of sermons preached at Forteviot, 1727 - 1733.The first 69 pages are numbered, and provide definitions of theological terminology and page references for further discussion. This section of the volume is generally in a neat italic hand.The remainder of the volume is not paginated, and is in a much looser hand. It is unclear whether this is a second scribe or a rough copy of the main sermon notes, as the two hands bear many similarities.From...
Dates: 1727-1733
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of James Mackinlay

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1058
Scope and Contents

The sermons - manuscript - are contained in a single volume. There is numbering within the volume. The item contains an inserted letter, dated 1901.

Dates: 1782-1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sermons of James Robertson (1817-1896), minister of Cray Free Church, Perthshire

 Collection
Identifier: MS ROB3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1869-1893
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Hamilton ( -1741), minister of Blackfriars, Glasgow

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Identifier: MS HAM 3
Scope and Contents

Two notebooks relating to John Hamilton, Minister of Blackfriars, Glasgow (d. 1741). Contain bookplates of the library of Rev. David Welsh.

1. From front: Sermons preached in ye Newkirk of Glasgow. 26 April 1713 - 4 October 1713. From back: Sermon preached upon ye receiving Mr John Hamilton to be Minister... by Mr John Simpson. 23 April 1713.

2. Sermons preached in ye NewKirk of Glasgow. October 1713 - 6 June 1714.

Dates: 1713-1714
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Laird (1811-1896), minister of Inverkeilor Free Church

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LAI
Scope and Contents Notebook containing two sermons on Exodus 3:3 and Isaiah 21:11-12. Not on front fly leaf verso says 'This book contauns in my mother's handwriting 2 sermons probably my Father's in the early Inverkeilor days about 1840/1.' The note is signed by D.M.W. Laird. A second note is added in a different hand that says, '(assistant to Dr. J Kennedy in New College Library for several years up to 1922)'.The back section of the book has notes about possible schemes of classification for New...
Dates: 1840-1922
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Owen (1616-1683), puritan theologian

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Identifier: MS OWE
Scope and Contents Manuscript copy of sermons preached by Owen between 1669 and 1676. An inscription on the front flyleaf says that these notes were taken in short hand by Sir John Harlopp, and later transcribed by him into long hand and bound by is granddaughter, Eliza Cooke, Newington, 1755.Contains a table of contents and lists the following sermons:Romans 6:14; nd.Ezekiel 22:17-22; nd.Psalms 14:6; Feb 27 1669.Hebrews 2:1-4; Jan 5 1672....
Dates: 1669-1676; 1755
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Ramsay ( -1746), minister of Cairnie [Cairney], Aberdeenshire

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Identifier: MS RAM
Scope and Contents

Manuscript notebook of sermons preached at Cairnie [Cairney], Aberdeenshire.

The first sermon on Amos 3:8 begins neatly, but quickly descends into a messier hand. The next section is titled 'Cairnie, June 1727', with the former parish name 'Ruthven' scored out.

From the General Assembly Library

Dates: 1727
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Smart (1801-1871), minister of St Andrew Place Antiburgher Church, Leith

 Collection
Identifier: MS SMA
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1828-1834
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of John Spence (d.1790), minister of Orwell, Kinross

 Collection
Identifier: MS SPE
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1772
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
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Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
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Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
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