Collection of engravings, [16--]-1939.

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Milner, Isaac, 1750-1820

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Middleton, T. F. (Thomas Fanshaw), 1769-1822

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Mathew, Theobald, 1790-1856

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Theobald Mathew, Irish Capuchin friar and temperance campaigner. From the description of Theobald Mathew manuscript material : 1 item, 1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 743075051 ...

Hudleston, John, 1608-1685.

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Wilkinson, G. H. (George Howard), 1833-1907

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Bishop of St. Andrews. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, to Dr. Baldwin, 1889 Sept. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861173 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 34 Cadogan Gardens [London], to W.A. Knight, 1893 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867614 Epithet: Bishop of Truro and of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...

Temple, Frederick, 1821-1902

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Epithet: Archbishop of Canterbury 1896 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0003c2 As Bishop of London. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fulham Palace, to W. A. Knight, 1887 Jul. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574748 ...

Spurgeon, C.H. (Charles Haddon), 1834-1892

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon, born in 1834, was a Baptist minister in Great Britain. He was famous for his preaching skills and, from the time he was a young man, attracted thousands of people to hear his sermons. A prolific author, Spurgeon's published sermons were very popular. He held strict Calvinistic views and, therefore, alienated himself from some Baptist ministers. Despite his controversial views, he remained a popular speaker. Spurgeon died in 1892 after suffering from gout. Fro...

Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787

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Robert Lowth was born in England on November 27, 1710, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. William Lowth. He entered Winchester College in 1722 and received a scholarship to New College, Oxford, in 1729. Lowth graduated from Oxford taking the B.A. in 1733 and the M.A. in 1737. In 1735 Lowth had entered the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Overton, Hampshire. He remained at this position until 1741 when he was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford. During his tenure at Oxford, Lowth acqu...

Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Mason, William, 1725-1797

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nuneham, to William Burgh, 1777 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606797 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Aston, to Dr. Charles Burney, 1789 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270605470 From the description of Sonnet : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, 1796 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609611 From the description of Autograph letter signed : York...

Legge, Augustus

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Epithet: Bishop of Lichfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x0003e0 ...

Irving, Edward, 1792-1834

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Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Lady Beaumont, 1824 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530049 Edward Irving, Scottish preacher and theologian. From the description of Edward Irving manuscript material : 2 items [ca. 1820's] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 437010799 ...

Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John), 1867-1956

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Reginald John Campbell was a British minister and author. He was the Cannon of Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, England, from 1930 to 1946 and Cannon Emeritus from 1946 to his death. From the description of R.J. Campbell letter, 1946 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122371474 The English divine Reginald John Campbell was born in London in 1867. He was educated privately before attending University College, Nottingham and then Christ Church, Oxford. He became a Congrega...

White, Henry, Rev. of Savoy.

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Welldon, J. E. C. (James Edward Cowell), 1854-1937

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Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825

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Samuel Parr was a Latin scholar and schoolmaster, educated at Cambridge. He served as perpetual curate in Warwickshire and during that time established a school in Stanmore, served as headmaster of Colchester and Norwich Schools, wrote essays and sermons with strong and often controversial leanings, and amassed a library of more than 10,000 books. He was a friend of Joseph Priestley and wrote the Latin epitaph for Samuel Johnson in St. Paul's. From the description of Samuel Parr lett...

Ignatius, Father, O.S.B., 1837-1908

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Epithet: known as 'Father Ignatius'; preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000037 Epithet: Reverend; preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000038 ...

Capel, T. J. (Thomas John), 1836-1911

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Epithet: Former Rector of the Catholic University College, Kensington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x000207 ...

King, Edward, 1829-1910

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Finlayson, John, 1770-1854

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Byng, Francis Edmund Cecil, b. 1834.

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Sheppard, Edgar, 1845-1921

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English cleric. From the description of Autograph letters signed : the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, S.W., [London], to Mary Frances Ronalds, 1900 Nov. 27 and 1900 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126281 ...

Eyton, Robert, 1845?-

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Davidson, Randall Thomas, 1848-1930

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More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...

Parker, Joseph, 1830-1902

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English Congregationalist clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : City Temple, Holborn Viaduckt, E.C., London, to T. Giles, 1875 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125492 ...

Elgin, Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of, 1849-1917

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Alexander, Michael Solomon, 1799-1845

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Epithet: Bishop of Jerusalem British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000813.0x00028c ...

Bickersteth, Edward Henry, 1825-1906

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Church, R.W. (Richard William), 1815-1890

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Dean of St. Paul. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to W.A. Knight, 1890 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623063 Richard William Church was an Anglican clergyman and the Dean of St. Paul's, London. He was also involved in the Oxford Movement. From the description of R.W. Church letters, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122414361 ...

Haweis, H.R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901

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Hugh Reginald Haweis (1839-1901), British clergyman, author, musician, and popular lecturer. From the description of Letter by Hugh Reginald Haweis to "My Dear Sir", ca. 1870. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560052 ...

Colenso, John William, 1814-1883

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John William Colenso, radical biblical critic and bishop in the Church of England, was born in Cornwall on January 24, 1814. Although mathematics was his first love, he was also taken with the study of religion and soon joined the ministry. Named Bishop of Natal in 1853, he went to Africa, where the natives' lives and questions prompted him to take a more radical view of the Bible. As a result of his revolutionary ideas, in 1863 he was excommunicated by Bishop Gray in Capetown. Although this jud...

Vaughan, C. J. (Charles John), 1816-1897

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Dean of Llandaff. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Doncaster, 1866 Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583186 ...

Huntingford, George Isaac, 1748-1832

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Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878

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Pius IX, pope June 1846-1878. From the description of [Document] 1861 janv. 21, Palais du Vatican a' Roma / P. Pius IX. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 469119364 Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti. From the description of Autograph note signed as Pope : Pesaro, addressed to the Archbishop of Fermo, 1857 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617581 From the description of Autograph letter signed as archbishop of Spoleto : to Cardinal Cesare Brancador...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1808-1887

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Jacob, Edgar, Bishop of St. Albans.

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Barrington, Shute, 1734-1826

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Bishop of Durham, Eng. From the description of Letters, 1803-1818. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421725 ...

Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892

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French philosopher and best known for his writings on early Christianity. From the description of [Letter] 1880 juin 18, Paris [to] Monsieur / E. Renan. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 320955893 French philologist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [W.A. Knight], 1882 Sept. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617180 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to [Eugène Burnouf], 1850 Apr. 4. (U...

Cumming, John, 1807-1881

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Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810

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Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881

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Dean of Westminster; historian. From the description of Autograph letters (6) only four of which have signatures : Westminster, to Prof. Knight, 1874 Jul. 7-1880 Jul. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580241 Dean of Westminster. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1874 Jan. 21/Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575881 Dean of Westminster-Historian. From the description of Autogr...

Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1823-1913

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Liddon, H. P. (Henry Parry), 1829-1890

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Canon of St. Paul's, London, Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis in the University of Oxford. From the description of Henry Parry Liddon papers, 1879-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122414365 Canon of St. Paul's. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Ch[rist] Ch[urch, Oxford] Feb. 23 1870, to Rowland Wedgwood, 1870 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667369 ...

Watson, Richard, 1737-1816

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Hornyold, John Joseph, 1706-1778

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Bristol, Frederick Hervey, Earl of, 1730-1803

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Title: 4th Earl of Bristol British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000043 ...

Fox, Charles-James, 1749-1806

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Charles James Fox was born in London on January 24, 1749. After attending Eton and Oxford, his first political success came with his election to Parliament in 1768. Though he initially supported the government's efforts against the populist machinations of John Wilkes, Fox's political views began to shift after receiving and resigning a number of political appointments, leading him to increasingly ally himself with the Rockingham Whigs. During the early 1770s, Fox opposed the British economic po...

Starr, Mrs. (Mary Ann)

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Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845

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Canon of St. Paul's; essayist and wit. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663579 Canon of St. Paul's. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Archibald Allison, [no year] Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872261 English divine and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : C[ombe], Florey, Taunton, to M...

Preytman, George, 1750-1827.

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Maclagan, William Dalrymple, 1826-1910

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Archbishop of York (1891-1908). From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.B. Whightman, 1889 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 624173565 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Stroughton, 1891 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608025 Epithet: of Seal CXLIV British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00017b ...

Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892

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Henry Edward Manning (15 July 1808 - 14 January 1892) was one of the most influential English Roman Catholic figures of his time. From his ordination in the Church of England in 1832, through his conversion to Catholicism in 1851, and to his death in 1892, his words and actions were powerful influences in England, and in the Roman Catholic Church. From the description of Henry Edward Manning papers, 1826-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122654198 English Cat...

Voysey, Charles, 1828-1912

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Ellicott, C. J. (Charles John), 1819-1905

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Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893

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Professor of Greek. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1884 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864416 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1878 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864411 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to W.A. Knight, 1893 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864440 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], t...

Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904

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Alfred Ainger, Church of England clergyman and Charles Lamb biographer. From the description of Alfred Ainger manuscript materials, 1887. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72850653 From the guide to the Alfred Ainger manuscript material : 1 item, 1887, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English writer and divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight,...

Jackson, John, 1811-1885

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Carpenter, William Boyd, 1841-1918

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O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847

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Irish politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and annotated documents signed (2) : London and various places, to various recipients, 1826 June 1-1840 Sept. 23 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860058 Irish national leader. From the description of Order signed : to Mr. Dike, 1831 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612583 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dublin, to Edward Wyer, 1829 Feb. 5. (Un...

Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873

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English bishop of Winchester. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London] and [n.p.], to Duncan & Co. and Captain Young, 1820 Mar. 30-1831 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861184 Anglican bishop of Oxford and of Winchester. From the description of Correspondence, 1790-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504517 Anglican theologian and Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce was born at Clapham C...

Magee, William Connor, 1822-1891

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Archbishop of York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, undated [1861-1891]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606670 ...

Perocheau, Leonard, Bishop.

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Binney, Thomas, 1798-1874

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Fleming, James, Rev.

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Radstock, Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, Baron, 1833-1913.

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Challoner, Richard, 1691-1781

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Jesuits

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In 1534 Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque and former soldier, met in Paris with six companions to take a private vow of poverty and one to place themselves at the disposition of the pope. On September 27, 1540, Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, canonically establishing the Society of Jesus. The constitutions of the society were drawn up by Ignatius who submitted his work for approval in 1550. Along with working toward the spiritual benefits of its members, the aim of the order w...

Jones, William, 1726-1800

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Tait, Archibald Campbell, 1811-1882

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Robins, Arthur, Bishop.

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Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799

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Giovanni Angelo Braschi; Pope, 1775-1799. From the description of Autograph signature to document, 1776 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617548 Clergyman. From the description of Brief of Pius VI, Pope, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453967 Giovanni Angelo Braschi; Pope 1775-1799. From the description of Autograph signature to a document, 1790 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617552 Pope of the Catholic Ch...

Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

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British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish slavery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603596632 William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist, was born in Hull, Yorkshire. In 1780 he entered The House of Commons and acquired a reputation for radicalism. Wilberforce is most known for his opposition to slavery and the slave trade. In 1787 he for...

Huntington, William, 1745-1813

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William Huntington, English preacher and religious writer. From the description of William Huntington manuscript material : 2 items, 1780-1799 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 433154027 ...

Benson, Edward White, 1829-1896

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Benson was the archbishop of Canterbury and an English author. From the description of Correspondence, [ca. 1875]-1896? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78872214 ...

Duckworth, Robinson, 1834-1911

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Hall, Newman, 1816-1902

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Talbot, Edward Stuart, 1844-1934

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Edward Stuart Talbot was born in London on 19 February 1844, the son of John Chetwynd Talbot and Caroline Jane Talbot. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1869 became warden of the newly-established Keble College, Oxford. In 1870, Talbot was ordained. In the same year he married Lavinia, daughter of George William Lyttleton. He was the father of three sons and two daughters. Talbot's father had supported the Oxford Movement, and Talbot himself was influenced by the Tractarians. He w...

Hole, S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds), 1819-1904

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Douglas, John, 1721-1807

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John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury and writer. From the description of John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173993566 From the guide to the John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Goodwin, Harvey, 1818-1891

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