Disruption | 1843
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection of letters of Thomas Chalmers, mostly to Rebecca Bell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2083
Scope and Contents
Collection of 15 signed autograph letters from Thomas Chalmers, Edinburgh and Burntisland, 1832-1842. All but one are addressed to Miss Rebecca Bell of Woodhouse Lee, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire (the remaining letter to George Bell of Leith), discussing the state of the Church of Scotland during the campaign that culminated in the Disruption and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843. He also offers spiritual advice, and discusses Miss Bell's proposed foundation of a new...
Dates:
1832-1842