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Letters, 1659-1675, and undated, of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, to and concerning James Aird, Minister of Torryburn, and to the 2nd Earl of Kincardine, together with some notes, 1747, on Leighton`s manuscripts, and a poem, 18th century, concerning him, written by `Nicolaus Sheridan, Hibernus, Academiae Edinburgensis Alumnus`., 1659-1675, 18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.22(i), folios 1-22

Dates

  • Creation: 1659-1675, 18th century.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres

Bibliography

One of the letters to Aird (folio 7) and that concerning him (folio 13) were printed in ‘Expository Works and Other Remains of Archbishop Leighton’ (Edinburgh, 1748); another two (folios 5 and 6) to Aird in ‘Select Works of Archbishop Leighton’ (London, 1738); and these have frequently been reprinted in editions and biographies. (Folio 1.)

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