The independent Whig: . or, a defence of primitive Christianity, and of our ecclesiastical establishment, against the exorbitant claims and encroachments of fanatical and disaffected clergymen.
Thomas Gordon (1684?-1750)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3065976.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 12mo.. MS. note on flyleaf concerning the authorship of this work. Provenance: Bookplate: William Smith Haughton Castle (with a picture of an elephant).Franks 27407. MS. on A2 'John Dawson'. MS. on pastedown: 'Given to me by Mrs Handyside of Cambo, and by me made an heirloom in connection with the picture of Anne daughter of Sir William Blackett who married two of the authors: Trenchard and Gordon C.E.T Oct. 18 80 [Charles Edward Trevelyan 1807-1886]. Binding: Mottled calf (damaged by acid); double gilt ruled to form border; gilt tooled on spine; title label missing, volume label gilt lettered. Bookshoe.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gordon (1684?-1750), editor John Trenchard (1662-1723), editor