Correspondence with Henry Fry [manuscript], 1792, 1804.

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Correspondence with Henry Fry [manuscript], 1792, 1804.

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Jefferson writes re a loan of Joseph Priestley's An history of the corruptions of Christianity and he and Fry discuss their own religious views, with Jefferson mentioning the purity of early Christianity and its subsequent corruption. Fry's autobiography (23 p., 1792?) is also included and chiefly discusses his conversion to Methodism. [Fry's copy of Priestley's An history of the corruptions of Christianity cataloged as McGregor A 1797 .P75].

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Fry, Henry, 1738-1823.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804

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