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ref. Z1-Q-036-03637Quorum Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Quorum Press unknown
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1826ref. 229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621. "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB. A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown
1826ref. 229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621. "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB. A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown books
1641ref. 729301641. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Acts of Charles I and II 1640-1649 Scotland. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof According to the Dates Therein Mentioned. Acts Past and Done in This Present Session of Parliament The Eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641. 160 20 pp. Bound with Five Other Volumes of Acts Covering June 4-July 29 1644 November 3 1646-March 27 1647 March 2 1648-June 10 1648 January 4 1649-March 16 1649 and May 23 1649-August 7 1649 Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler 1644-1649. Folio 10" x 6-1/4". Recent period-style calf blind fillets and corner fleurons to boards gilt-edged raised bands gilt-stamped decoration to compartments and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. A few small scuffs and scratches to boards larger scratch to rear board light rubbing to extremities corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to interior trimming to head and foot with slight loss to running title and catchwords in a few places but no loss to legibility occasional faint dampstaining with no loss to legibility light soiling in a few places gutter of leaf N1 pp. 145-146 of first title and fore-edge of leaf A2 pp. 1-2 of fifth title mended small tears to edges of folding table which is mended on verso small hole to text block of final three leaves without loss to legibility. An appealing volume. $1000. First collected editions. This volume contains Scottish acts from 1640-1649 spanning the reigns of Charles I and II and the first and second English Civil Wars. English Short-Title Catalogue R33336 R12952 R11735 R21983 R19064 R19030. unknown
1641ref. 729301641. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Acts of Charles I and II 1640-1649 Scotland. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof According to the Dates Therein Mentioned. Acts Past and Done in This Present Session of Parliament The Eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641. 160 20 pp. Bound with Five Other Volumes of Acts Covering June 4-July 29 1644 November 3 1646-March 27 1647 March 2 1648-June 10 1648 January 4 1649-March 16 1649 and May 23 1649-August 7 1649 Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler 1644-1649. Folio 10" x 6-1/4". Recent period-style calf blind fillets and corner fleurons to boards gilt-edged raised bands gilt-stamped decoration to compartments and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. A few small scuffs and scratches to boards larger scratch to rear board light rubbing to extremities corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to interior trimming to head and foot with slight loss to running title and catchwords in a few places but no loss to legibility occasional faint dampstaining with no loss to legibility light soiling in a few places gutter of leaf N1 pp. 145-146 of first title and fore-edge of leaf A2 pp. 1-2 of fifth title mended small tears to edges of folding table which is mended on verso small hole to text block of final three leaves without loss to legibility. An appealing volume. $1000. First collected editions. This volume contains Scottish acts from 1640-1649 spanning the reigns of Charles I and II and the first and second English Civil Wars. English Short-Title Catalogue R33336 R12952 R11735 R21983 R19064 R19030. unknown books
1755ref. 37616A Londres. Paris. 1755 1755. Hardcover. Fine thus. 16.5cm 164p. in full contemporary mottled calf gilt ruled raised bands gilt flora panel decorations and borders crimson leather label library stamp on the tiltle page else in fine condition rare. T.P.L. 211. cf 210. Lande 445. Sabin 56137 Dionne II-471. Waldon. Biblio. Canadiana Published in Great Britain 1519-1763 p330. Preface states the work to be written for prospective settlers and based on the Author's own observations and on Charevloix. It is one of the first statements of French-English rival claims in Nova Scotia. This work possibly printed in Paris is a translation by Etienne de Lafargue 1728-1795 of A Geographical History of Nova Scotia q.v. with notes setting forth the French point of view on boundaries treaty rights etc. A Londres. [Paris?]. 1755 hardcover
1798ref. 29839AB1798. First Edition. Aberdeen Printed for Isaac Forsyth Bookseller Elgin 1798. Octavo 14 cm x 215 cm. Folded hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar Frotispiece-Engraving of the "Elgin Cathedral" VIII 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander Major Hugh Houstoun with a dedication: "April 27th 1798 - To Major Hugh Houstoun - from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar". The fantastic Map in this publication was produced by William Millar who is identified inside the publication in the text of an Advertisement placed verso the titlepage and in which the Publisher Isaac Forsyth of Aberdeen gives thanks: ".For the very handsome manner in which the two first chapters were furnished by the Revd. Mr.Grant of Elgin and the other two by the Revd. Mr.Leslie of Darkland he offers this testimony of his grateful remembrance. Nor can he omit expressing his sense of obligation to Mr.William Millar Engineer of the Sutherland Coal Work for the Most accurate Map of the Province of Moray ever offered to public notice." The publication includes for example stories about the "First Inhabitants Celts Picts Scots Surnames in Moray Thanes Earls of Moray Family of Gordon Family of Grant Family of Shewglie Family of Innes Family of Brodie Family of Calder Family of Kilravock Family of Dunbars Family of Grangehill and Durn Family of Comyn of Altre Family of Fraser of Lovat Family of Mackintosh Family of Macpherson Family of Macdonalds of Glengary Family of Duff Earl of Fife Family of Gordonstown Family of Lethin Family of Findrassie Family of Murreffs of Duffus Population of Moray Antiquities of the Province with Roman Progress in Moray Vitrified Forts etc. etc. hardcover
18682 p.l., [vii]-xv, [3], 315, [1] p. 22 cm. Hardcover very good condition, preliminary leaves lightly foxed, inner front hinge cracked Inscribed: Presented to Mr. Robert H. Chester by Victoria R I
1775Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, WANTING TITLE, first leaf browned; attractively bound in twentieth century half calf, marbled boards, back with five flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, crisp copy. This copy comprises 66pp. RARE. Not recorded by Anderson.
1822ref. 174081Edinburgh: Printed for Macredie Skelly & Co. and T. Nelson 1822. First edition of a first-hand account of what is known as the "King's Jaunt" the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II and the first since the Act of Union in 1707. This work is institutionally rare appearing only in the National Library of Scotland and Princeton. The anonymous author of this work wrote about the excitement and preparation that went into preparing for the king's arrival the lists of Scottish nobility who dined with the king and the trip to Holyrood which is now the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Duodecimo 2 pp. 124. Original printed drab boards front cover decoratively panelled and lettered in black edges uncut. Bookplate of "Macfie of Dreghorn". Spine rather worn covers foxed and bumped edges toned contents clean. A very good copy. hardcover
1633ref. 775121633. A Volume of Scottish Acts 1633-1649 With a Notable Australian Association Scotland. Statutes. Charles I 1600-1649 King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France And Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With His Three Estates At Edinburgh Upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1633. 66 10 pp. Bound with 7 Volumes of Acts of Charles I and II. Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler second volume printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641-1649. Folding table of consanguinity and affinity lacking from 7th volume Acts Done and Past in the Third Session of the Second Triennall Parliament. 1649. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and blind fillets to spine lettering piece lacking gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and stains to boards front board starting at head but secure chipping to head of spine moderate rubbing to joints spine ends and corners which are bumped pastedowns loose and lightly soiled upper outside corner of rear pastedown lacking later armorial bookplate of John Adrian Louis Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun to inside of front board faint offsetting to endleaves. Moderate toning to interior light soiling faint staining and tiny spark burns in a few places corners of several leaves folded and untrimmed clean tear to gutter of leaf C4 pp. 21-22 of third work affecting text without loss to legibility ink staining to title page of sixth work mended tears to leaves Q1-2 of seventh work with loss to text early ink marks and one brief annotation to a few leaves recent pencil annotations to title pages. $1200. These volumes of Scottish acts cover the tumultuous reign of Charles I and the beginning of the reign of Charles II touching on important topics such as military affairs religious practice and freedom or lack thereof and the complex relationship between Scotland and England. Hope 1860-1908 was an English statesman who served as the first governor-general of Australia 1901-1902. Before that he was Governor of Victoria 1889-1895. English Short-Title Cat. unknown
1633ref. 775121633. A Volume of Scottish Acts 1633-1649 With a Notable Australian Association Scotland. Statutes. Charles I 1600-1649 King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France And Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With His Three Estates At Edinburgh Upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1633. 66 10 pp. Bound with 7 Volumes of Acts of Charles I and II. Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler second volume printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641-1649. Folding table of consanguinity and affinity lacking from 7th volume Acts Done and Past in the Third Session of the Second Triennall Parliament. 1649. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and blind fillets to spine lettering piece lacking gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and stains to boards front board starting at head but secure chipping to head of spine moderate rubbing to joints spine ends and corners which are bumped pastedowns loose and lightly soiled upper outside corner of rear pastedown lacking later armorial bookplate of John Adrian Louis Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun to inside of front board faint offsetting to endleaves. Moderate toning to interior light soiling faint staining and tiny spark burns in a few places corners of several leaves folded and untrimmed clean tear to gutter of leaf C4 pp. 21-22 of third work affecting text without loss to legibility ink staining to title page of sixth work mended tears to leaves Q1-2 of seventh work with loss to text early ink marks and one brief annotation to a few leaves recent pencil annotations to title pages. $1200. These volumes of Scottish acts cover the tumultuous reign of Charles I and the beginning of the reign of Charles II touching on important topics such as military affairs religious practice and freedom or lack thereof and the complex relationship between Scotland and England. Hope 1860-1908 was an English statesman who served as the first governor-general of Australia 1901-1902. Before that he was Governor of Victoria 1889-1895. English Short-Title Cat. unknown books
1994ref. SBBIH-VHVYGSQQCUD6Stationery Office Books 1994. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Stationery Office Books paperback
1777ref. 303387Aberdeen: Printed for and sold by J. Boyle 1777. 395 1 pp. 12mo. Contemp. sheep covers off. 395 1 pp. 12mo. with at end: Translations and Paraphrases of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture.Edinburgh: Printed in 1774 incomplete only 1-36 of 40 pp ESTC T208251 2 copies Nat. Lib. Scotland; Aberdeen Univ. Library. Not in ESTC Printed for, and sold by J. Boyle unknown
1777ref. 303387Aberdeen: Printed for and sold by J. Boyle 1777. 395 1 pp. 12mo. Contemp. sheep covers off. 395 1 pp. 12mo. with at end: Translations and Paraphrases of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture.Edinburgh: Printed in 1774 incomplete only 1-36 of 40 pp ESTC T208251 2 copies Nat. Lib. Scotland; Aberdeen Univ. Library. Not in ESTC Printed for, and sold by J. Boyle unknown books
1723ref. 23751723 London: Printed by C. Meere, and sold by A. Bettefworth, 1723-1725. Deux vol. in-16: 8 x 13 cm. 5ème édition pour le Ier vol. [Nobility of England], deuxième édition pour le 2ème vol. [Origin of the Scots]. I/ 1 fr., 1 f. [Titre], 2 ff. n. ch. [Preface], pp. 1-120 [armoiries gravées], pp. 3-541[1], 4 ff. [Index & Addenda]. II/ 1 fr., VIII pp., pp. 1-86 [armoiries gravées], 511[1] pp., 13 ff. de planches gravées hors-texte. Reliures d'époque en plein veau marron, dos à quatre nerfs. Couvertures fortement frottées, le t. II a les coiffes arasées, les mors abîmés, les coins émoussés et le premier plat détaché du reste de l'ouvrage. Quelques feuillets déchirés dans les deux volumes, sans manque. Mouillures et rousseurs éparses. Ex-libris manuscrits au début de chacun des volumes. Assemblage d'époque complet de toutes ses planches. Exemplaire captivant de ce classique de l'héraldique britannique du XVIIIe siècle.
ref. Z1-G-020-00987Education Dept. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Education Dept unknown
ref. Z1-F-022-01782Rarebooksclub.com. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Rarebooksclub.com unknown
1693ref. 16116(No place, no date(1693)). Very large engraved seechart, measuring 60 x 86,5 cm. in original outline colouring. The chart showing the Northern part of England from Lancaster to Banf, of Ireland from Blackrock to Carlingford and all the Islands to the north: Shetland, Orkney, Faroe etc. etc. A fine impression on good thick paper with the watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center.
1693ref. 16116No place no date1693. Very large engraved seechart measuring 60 x 865 cm. in original outline colouring. The chart showing the Northern part of England from Lancaster to Banf of Ireland from Blackrock to Carlingford and all the Islands to the north: Shetland Orkney Faroe etc. etc. A fine impression on good thick paper with the watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center. The "Neptune Francois" was published in 1693 and its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated than those of any preceding book of its kind. The chart is without year place and "par Ordre du Roi" pointing to a later impression but issued from the original copperplate. It is also without "Imprimerie Royale" belonging to the imprints from 1792. Koeman IV425:9. unknown
1701Sm. 8vo., First Edition, eighteenth century inscription on title, title and several following leaves age-stained, title neatly mounted without loss of text, final leaf of Appendix mounted with loss of half text; strongly and attractively bound in half calf, marbled boards, back with five flat gilt bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy. This copy was formerly in the McIntosh Library, Dunkeld, and carries the MS press-mark A8.51 and bookplate (numbered 493) on front paste-down. A sound and complete (save last leaf) copy of the first dedicated published account of Orkney and Zetland. RARE. Anderson, p.402.
1838ref. 23272Edinburgh, Hugh Paton and London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1838. XIX, II, 430, IX SS., 170 Radierungen; Titel, 472, IV, XI SS. und 160 Radierungen. Alle 330 Radierungen von den Original-Platten mit Plattenrändern und tls. Plattenschmutz. Die Abzüge sauber und kräftig, auf stärkerem Papier. 4° (ca. 21 x 27 cm), Halbleder der Zeit, ornamentale Rückenvergoldung und goldgepr. Rückentitel. Marmorierte Deckelbezüge, Goldschnitt. - Ecken und Kanten berieben und tls. bestoßen, Deckel stärker berieben.
ref. 74479c.1920. . Silver gelatin print. Very good tonal range and in good condition pasted on card. [c.1920]. unknown
1845ref. BK0036Isle of Mull Scotland 1845. Autograph letter signed by a female member of the MacLeod family with an additional message signed "Mary McLeod" to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York. 4pp measuring 9 x 7 inches. Addressed to "The Rev'd J. N. Macleod D.D. Presbyterian Minister New York United States North America." Postmarked at Tobermory prepaid "1/-" with London transit markings and intact black wax seal. Folded with very small holes at folds; excellent. A Scottish family and ecclesiastical letter containing an early direct condemnation of the Free Church of Scotland's acceptance of donations from slaveholding Presbyterians in the American South. Written in March 1845 the letter predates Frederick Douglass's arrival in Scotland and the public campaign urging the Free Church to "Send Back the Money." It demonstrates that criticism of the church's American fundraising was already circulating privately within Scottish Presbyterian networks before Douglass helped transform the controversy into a major transatlantic abolitionist cause. Following the Disruption of 1843 the newly established Free Church sent representatives to the United States to raise money. Contributions from southern churches and slaveholding ministers generated growing criticism particularly because the Free Church presented itself as a purer and more principled form of Presbyterianism. The writer identifies what she regarded as the central contradiction: the church refused communion with ministers who remained in the established Church of Scotland while recognizing slaveholding American ministers as Christian brethren and accepting their money. She writes: "What can you think now of their disclaiming to hold communion with any of their Bretheren in the Establishment and avowedly & publicly countenancing and holding communion with the Slave holding Ministers in your Southern States. Their coffers have been largely augmented by donations from these States and the leaders of the Free recognize them as Bretheren and write and speak of them with the greatest respect." Her criticism is directed as much at the church's financial expediency as at its inconsistency: "This has opened the eyes of some as to what they will resort to get money-this Church that professed to be a pure Church. Oh does it not clearly show the inconsistencies of man nay even of Christians what a different view these leaders may take of Slavery from what your respected Father had." Douglass began his Scottish campaign the following year when he and other abolitionists repeatedly challenged the Free Church to return the money received from American slaveholders. Writing to William Lloyd Garrison in April 1846 Douglass declared "Scotland is a blaze of anti-slavery agitation-the Free Church and Slavery are the all-engrossing topics."1 The present letter records essentially the same moral argument a year earlier made from within the church's own extended religious and family networks: that accepting southern funds compromised the Free Church's authority and exposed the limits of its professed purity. Addressed to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York the letter places the dispute within a transatlantic Presbyterian context. The writer invokes the antislavery views of MacLeod's father and questions whether the recipient understood that a minister whom he had permitted to preach from his pulpit "advocated the course of the Southern Slave State Ministers so much" remarking "I should think not." The letter also contains news of a bereavement and other family and church news about Scotland and America. An important private response to the Free Church's American fundraising campaign written before the controversy reached its fullest public expression through Frederick Douglass's "Send Back the Money" campaign. The letter documents the early moral opposition of Scottish Presbyterians who believed that a church claiming spiritual independence and purity had compromised both by accepting the support of American slaveholders. . unknown
