case of self-murther. By William Fleetwood, D.D. (Now Lord Bishop of Ely.) The
second edition. Necessary for all Families.
London: Printed for
John Hooke,
mdccxvi
. [1716]
BX5133 .F7 R4
8vo. 204 leaves, the title for the
Three Sermons on Self-Murther . . . London 1716, is on Y
7.
Old panelled calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
William Fleetwood, 1656-1723, Bishop of Ely.
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Sterne’s sermons.
7. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. unnumbered: [Sterne’s sermons, 7 vol. 12mo] in his works Ch. 34, No. 20, post.
Jefferson had a copy of
Sterne’s Sermons in 7 volumes, 12
mo.
which was missing at the time of the sale to Congress and not replaced. “
A 12
mo. edition of preference
” was on the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with the request that he procure replacement
copies.
114
Price’s Sermons.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 153, as above.
PRICE,
Richard.
Sermons on the Christian Doctrine as received by the different Denominations of Christians. To which are added, Sermons on
the Security and Happiness of a virtuous course, on the Goodness of God, and the Resurrection of Lazarus. By Richard Price, D.D. L.L.D. F.R.S. and Fellow of the American Philosophical Societies at Philadelphia and Boston. The
second edition corrected; with an appendix, occasioned by Dr. Priestley’s Letters to the Author.
London: Printed for
T. Cadell,
m dcc lxxxvii
. [1787]
BX5201 .P67
8vo. 212 leaves. The last 2 leaves of the work, Cc
7,
8, have a list of books by the same author, paged [ ]-[4] and are followed by a sheet of 8 leaves, sig. [A], paged [ ]-16,
with the publishers’ lists, dated 1788.
Presented to Jefferson by the author to whom the former wrote from Paris on July 12, 1789, requesting information on material
on the Socinian doctrine: “
. . . is there any thing good on the subject of the Socinian doctrine, levelled to a mind not habituated to abstract reasoning?
I would thank you to recommend such a work to me, or have you written any thing of that kind? that is what I should like best,
as none are so easy to be understood as those who understand themselves . . .
”
Dr. Price replied from Hackney on August 3 by sending this work and other pamphlets: “In consequence of your desire that I would convey to you some tracts on the Socinian doctrine I desire your acceptance of
the volume of Sermons and the pamphlets that accompany this letter. The first part of D
r. Priestley’s letters I cannot immediately get; but it shall be sent to you by the first opportunity. The pamphlet entitlted
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
Two Schemes of a Trinity
&c. is reckon’d by the Socinians one of the best of all the publications in favour of their doctrine. You will see that D
r Priestley and I differ much, but we do it with perfect respect for one another.--He is a materialist and fatalist and we
published some years ago a correspondence on these subjects . . .”
Jefferson wrote to thank the author on September 13, for the “
book & pamphlets by m(
~
r)
Stone.”
For a note on the author see no. 1248. The first edition of these
Sermons was also published in 1787, but in view of Price’s reference to Dr. Priestley’s letters it seems more probable that he sent
Jefferson the
second edition with the Appendix. There is no clue to the provenance of the Library of Congress copy.
The Socinian doctrine took its name from its founder, Fausto Paulo Sozzini, 1539-1604, a native of Siena. Sozzini’s theological doctrines largely affected the theology of the Orthodox Protestants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and paved the way for Unitarianism, which eventually displaced the Socinian doctrine.
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