Approximately 12 letters from Anne Forster Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1770-1771 and undated, concerning their mutual interest in mystical Christian doctrine and spirituality. Letters include and are accompanied by excerpts, copies and transl...
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Anne Forster married Church of Ireland clergyman George Berkeley in 1728. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Middletown, Rhode Island before returning to Ireland, where Berkeley was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1734. Four of their...
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne Forster, 1700-1786., Berkeley, George, 1685-1753., Berkeley, George, 1733-1795., Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- 1651-1715., Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717., Hooke, N. 1690?-1763. (Nathaniel),, Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772., and Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Devotional literature, English, Devotional literature, French, Faith and reason, Meditations, Mysticism, Sprituality, Theology, Doctrinal, Women, and Religion
Autograph letter, signed, from George Berkeley to Martin Benson providing a brief description of Newport, Rhode Island, 1729 April 11. Berkeley notes the presence of “four sorts of Anabaptists besides Independents, Quakers, and many of no profession a...
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George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher. In 1731 September, Berkeley donated his library and his plantation in Newport, Rhode Island, to Yale University. The donation doubled Yale’s library holdings.
Subject (Geographic):
Rhode Island., Great Britain., Rhode Island, Newport., Middletown (R.I.), and Newport (R.I.)
Subject (Name):
Benson, Martin, 1689-1752. and Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
Subject (Topic):
Anabaptists, Philosophers, Plantations, Real property, and Religion
