Character of a certain popular historian, now ministerial agent, for reconciling our complaisant clergy to the Church of Rome. Fro[m] the writings of a celebrated philosopher, now deceased. ....

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Author / Creator:	Stuart, Gilbert, 1742-1786.
Imprint:	[Edinburgh? : s.n., 1779]
Description:	1 sheet ; 1/2⁰.
Language:	English
Subject:	Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Early works to 1800. Catholic Church. Clergy. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10254178

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Notes:	In fact by Gilbert Stuart. "A celebrated philosopher" may have been intended to imply David Hume, who died in 1776. "Dr R------" the historian was William Robertson, who in 1779 was instrumental in suppressing the General Assembly's protest against a government measure to reduce the disabilities of Scottish Roman Catholics. Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. English Short Title Catalog, T163989. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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