Notes on an educational method by Philip Doddridge
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- Doddridge, Philip (1702-1751) non-conformist minister and schoolmaster
TitleNotes on an educational method by Philip Doddridge
Reference codeMS609
Date1708-1821
Scope and ContentManuscript volume containing 'An account of Mr [John] Jennings's method of academical education, with some reflections upon it, in a letter to a friend who had some thoughts of reviving it. Written in the year 1728', and dated at Market Harborough, 31 Oct 1728. This may be the original account written by Philip Doddridge and sent to Isaac Watts.
This manuscript text is followed, in another hand, by copies of two letters from Robert Nelson, one, of 27 July 1708, to George Hanger giving moral advice on Hanger's departure for Turkey on business; the other, dated Epiphany 1713, to Gabriel Hanger on the same subject. There are also, in other hands, extracts from dissenting authors, one dated Oct 1821.
This manuscript text is followed, in another hand, by copies of two letters from Robert Nelson, one, of 27 July 1708, to George Hanger giving moral advice on Hanger's departure for Turkey on business; the other, dated Epiphany 1713, to Gabriel Hanger on the same subject. There are also, in other hands, extracts from dissenting authors, one dated Oct 1821.
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Extent1 volume containing 83 leaves
Physical description7¾" x 6¼"
System of ArrangementSingle item.
Further material relating to Philip Doddridge may be found in Northampton Central Library; Dr Williams's Library, London; the British Library, London; Harris Manchester College Library, Oxford University; Beinecke Library, Yale University; Devon Record Office; and the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Papers of Robert Nelson are also held at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, and the British Library.
Level of descriptionfonds