November 12, 1789 letter from Robert Simpson to The Rev. John Hirst
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Title |
November 12, 1789 letter from Robert Simpson to The Rev. John Hirst |
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Post Date |
November 12, 1789 |
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Author |
Simpson, Robert |
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Recipient |
Hirst, John |
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Date |
1789-11-12 |
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Physical Description |
4 pp. total; 3 pp. text; 1 p. address |
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Dimensions |
20.4 x 32.9 cm |
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Location (Box, Folder) |
Box 2, File 55 |
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Address To |
Bacup |
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Country To |
England |
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Address From |
Bolton |
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Country From |
England |
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Transcriber |
Gareth Lloyd |
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Plain Text Transcription |
From Robert Simpson at Bolton-le-Moors in Lancashire (postmark) to John Hirst in Bacup, Lancashire. Simpson has received Hirst’s letter of the 30th last and would like to offer the following observations. The first thing that engaged his attention was a mutilated quotation from Simpson’s own letter. [The rest of this letter is extremely difficult to read]. (1 sheet, 4p.) 12 November 1789 Robert Simpson (1764-1817) was born at Orwell in Kinrossshire, Scotland, the son of a farmer turned schoolmaster. He was apprenticed to a cloth-dresser but in 1776, after an evangelical conversion, entered James Scott’s evangelical academy in Yorkshire. From 1780 Simpson served congregations in Lancashire and in 1791 was appointed tutor at the Hoxton Academy in London. He was an inspiring teacher and was awarded a D.D. by the University of Glasgow. |
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Digital Resources Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2012 |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width |
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Digital Publisher |
Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library |
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Decade |
1780-1789 |
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