25 May 1760: Dr James Fordyce, a minister in the Church...
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25 May 1760
Dr James Fordyce
, a minister in the Church of Scotland
, preached a sermon which, as published, made him famous: The Folly, Infamy, and Misery of Unlawful Pleasure.
Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995.
xxvii and n24
By May 1790: Sir John Sinclair circulated to Church of...
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By May 1790
Sir John Sinclair
circulated to Church of Scotland
clergymen his questionnaire about their parishes: their history, geography, antiquities, natural history, demography, commerce, industry, and manners.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
1929: The Church of Scotland was formed by the...
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1929
The Church of Scotland was formed by the unification of the Scottish Presbyterian churches.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
372
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.