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.

Author/creator Stuart, Gilbert
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Publication Info[Edinburgh?] : [publisher not identified], [1779]
Description1 sheet ; 1/2⁰.
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General noteIn fact by Gilbert Stuart.
General note"A celebrated philosopher" may have been intended to imply David Hume, who died in 1776.
General note"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.
General noteReproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
References English Short Title Catalog, T163989.
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