Papers of Robert Hall

Volume of papers of Robert Hall (1764-1831), including: correspondence from Hall to Dr. John Ryland and one letter from Robert Hall senior; a double page of notes on the translation of the New Testament; a [funeral] sermon preached by Hall for Dr. Ryland.

Robert Hall was born 2 May 1764. His father, Robert Hall senior, was pastor of a Baptist church at Arnesby, Leicestershire and published Help to Zion's Travellers . Hall spent 3 years at the Baptist Academy in Bristol. He then attended Aberdeen University but later returned to Bristol. There he became tutor at the Academy and assistant minister at Broadmead Chapel. He later became pastor of what is now St. Andrew's Street Baptist Church, Cambridge. In 1807, he moved to Harvey Lane, Leicester and married Mary [ne ?], a maid-servant. He returned to Broadmead circa 1827 and died 21 February, 1831.

Reference: University of Birmingham, Special Collections Department, Online Archive Catalogue ( http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/ ). Accessed April 2002.

Correspondence is arranged mainly in chronological order and includes the pages of notes and sermon.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown deposit to the Selly Oak Colleges Central Library (later forming part of the Orchard Learning Resources Centre).

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Letters from Robert Hall to John Ryland 1791-1824 , by Geoffrey F. Nuttall, published in the Baptist Quarterly , circa February 1990; The miscellaneous works and remains of Robert Hall: with a memoir of his life , edited by Olinthus Gregory (London Henry G. Bohn, 1849).