Sarah Clayton: A Breif Sum of the Principles of the Christian Religion

Scope and Content

Autograph, with later additions by Jonathan Rashleigh. Authorship and date rest on inscription in same hand as main text, on first flyleaf. Text at pp. 1-88, with table of contents at p. 194. Remaining pp., originally blank, have been in part used for notes of parish charity accounts re Silverton, Devon, 1785-7, and for texts of sermons, 1789-92, apparently all in the hand of the Revd Jonathan Rashleigh, rector of Silverton from 1784. Rashleigh's mother was a daughter of Sir William Clayton Bt.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from T. Thorp, bookseller, 22 Dec. 1898.

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