Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Dedication of the Presb: Eloquenio to the E of Crawford, c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [28]
Scope and Contents
Transcription of a book dedication, possibly referring to "Scotch Presbyterian eloquence display'd, or, The folly of their teaching discovered from the books, sermons and prayers : and some remarks on Mr. Rule's late Vindication of the Kirk: interspers'd with some genuine adventures in love", which appeared in 1692. It is in Gregory's hand, but signed "J.C."
Dates:
c1692
Dubitationes de Actu 1692, 1692-1694
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [80]
Scope and Contents
A page of what appears to be Gregory's thoughts on the legality of his interrogation pursuant to (possibly) the 1690 Act for the Visitation of Universities. On the reverse is a 1694 jotting on pitches and chords in pipes of particular dimensions.
Dates:
1692-1694
Engagement at Dumfermelin, 4 April 1703
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [101]
Scope and Contents
A synopsis of the Provincial Synod of Fife.
Dates:
4 April 1703
Folio B, c1669-c1708
Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
Most of the scientific content of Folio B comes from early in Gregory's career. It includes an index of later letters of John Collins (1625-1683) to James Gregorie (1638-1675), a number of Edinburgh lectures in geometry, mechanics, and optics, and some tables and manuscript pieces of 'Elementa Catoptricae et Dioptricae', the 'Institutes of Astronomy', and the...
Dates:
c1669-c1708
Some things relating to the Church of Scotland, May 1694
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [214]
Scope and Contents
Parliamentary action vis-a-vis church rights.
Dates:
May 1694