Four volumes of notes, possibly by Edmund Butcher, on the doctrines of Christianity, compiled at the Academy, Daventry, Northamptonshire, in Jeremiah Rich's system of shorthand as improved by Philip Doddridge.
Notes on the Doctrines of Christianity
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. th. f. 43-6
- Dates of Creation
- 1786-7
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 4 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Edmund Butcher (1757-1822) was a unitarian minister. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
The volumes were given to the Library by Mansfield College, Oxford, in 1964.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46779-82.
Custodial History
The volumes were owned by Samuel Bache. The were given by his son to Spring Hill College, Birmingham, 1876.