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Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1792-93
Number of Pages:
39
Date:
1792-1793
Charles Nisbet writes a seven letters to William Young from 1792 to 1793 that mostly focus on Nisbet’s transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer. Nisbet discusses various works with religious and political themes, such as Augustus Toplady's History of Calvinism and Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. Nisbet also offers observations on the French Revolution as well as the political affairs in the United States and the United Kingdom. "Our senseless politicians do not know that the destruction of England would involve their own," as Nisbet claims. Transcripts included.
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Location:
MC 2001.5, B1, F5-6
Origin:
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
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