Thomas Somerville letters 1795-1799 Somerville, Thomas letters

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Thomas Somerville letters 1795-1799 Somerville, Thomas letters

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The Thomas Somerville letters are 13 letters bound into a single volume. In his correspondence, addressed to publishers Andrew Strahan and Cadell & Davis in London, Somerville discussed the creation and subsequent publication of his book . The History of Great Britain during the Reign of Queen Anne

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Somerville, Thomas, 1741-1830

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Strahan, Andrew, -1831

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Thomas Somerville, the only son of minister William Somerville, was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1741. In 1756, he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied divinity. He received his license to preach in November 1764, was ordained in 1767, and took positions as a tutor, before getting his first parish at Minto, a position he held until the king presented him to the parish of Jedburgh, Scotland, in 1772. Somerville led the church at Jedburgh until his death. Du...