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William Pearse (1664-approximately 1740). The Map of My Dear Sister's Estate. Mary Pearse, Elizabeth Pearse, and Agnis Pearse. Of Ermington Hills, in Ermington, Devon

Description
Materials related to a family of 17th and 18th century Dissenters, who actively did not adhere to the Church of England. The collection includes manuscript sermons, pamphlets, and letters written by various members of the Pearse family, as well as some family documents, including wills. Materials offer a multi-generational family perspective, as well as writings by women, on topics such as church and state politics, religious and personal belief, censorship, and early modern religion and activism. The collection also includes printed and manuscript works by other authors including Stephen Addington, John Howe, Edward Leigh, John Ross Macduff, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and John Trotter. Also includes full transcriptions of a portion of the letters, transcribed by P. A. V. Hickling, an early owner of the collection. In addition, the collection includes the research materials of David A. Thomas, a 20th century scholar who worked with the collection and original sources to write a book, The Pearse Collection: Chronicles of a Preaching Family, 1600-1750, which was never published.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1715 June 25
Call number
mssPearse
Creator
Pearse (Family : (1652-1740))(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd, January 2023.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
RESTRICTED: Box 2: Graduation certificate can be unfolded but seal is damaged and fragile, please do not open metal seal tin.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Addington, Stephen, (1729-1796,)
Howe, John, (1630-1705,)
Leigh, Edward, (1602-1671,)
Macduff, John R. (1818-1895,)
Pearse, Agnis, (1667-approximately 1731,)
Pearse, Innes, (1699-1761,)
Pearse, William, (1625-1691,)
Pearse, William, (1664-approximately 1740,)
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, (1789-1867,)
Trotter, John, (1726-1808,)
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