Janus: Album of sermons and verses

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MS Add.5953	Album of sermons and verses
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MS Add.5958.10	Letter from the Medical department of the Privy Council Office to the Vice Chancellor (E.Atkinson)
MS Add.5958.11	Cambridge University Commission: letters
MS Add.5958.12	Copy of letter from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society to the University Commissioners
MS Add.5958.13	University of Cambridge: Analysis of Poll in the Parliamentary Election
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Album of sermons and verses

Title	Album of sermons and verses
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.5953
Covering Dates	1832–1858
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Three of the original authors featured in the album are most likely the Wesleyan ministers William Maclardie Bunting (1805-1866) and John Hannah (1792-1867), and John Farrar (1802-1884), president of the Wesleyan methodist conference.

Album consisting mainly of a series of sermons and verses, 1 January 1809 - 10 November 1822, fos 34-121, the copy dating from c. 1850. There are also entries by (fo. 6) William M. Bunting, 16 June 183[ ]; (fo. 8) J. F[arrar], 24 April 1832; (fo. 9) Harriet Bunting; (fo. 10) John Hannah, 14 July 1832; (fo. 15) Frederick J. Bentley, 1858; and (fo. 31) Sophia M. Farrar, 24 April 1832. The writing is in various hands, and there are 133 folios in total. On fo. 4 is an elaborate title-page. Fos 1-3, 5, 7, 11-13, 16-30, 32, 33 and 122-133 are blank. Inside the front cover is the bookplate of Maude Bentley (Mrs Drinan).

Presented by Stanley Hawley, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs Drinan, 1915.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Album of sermons and verses, MS Add.5953

Index Terms

Sermons

Verse

Farrar, John (1802-1884) Wesleyan Methodist minister and biblical scholar

Hannah, John (1792-1867) Wesleyan Methodist minister

Bunting, William Maclardie (1805-1866) Wesleyan minister

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