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Lardner, Nathaniel


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 989

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Lardner, Nathaniel

Date(s): 1741

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 sheets

Name of creator(s): Lardner | Nathaniel | 1684-1768 | presbyterian minister and biblical scholar

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Nathaniel Lardner (1684-1768) was born in Kent and trained at the Presbyterian Academy in London. From 1699-1703 he studied in Utrecht, afterwards returning to London where he undertook 6 years of private study. In 1709 he preached his first sermon in the church of his study colleague Martin Tomkiss in Stoke Newington. From 1713 to 1721 Lardner was domestic chaplain to Lady Treby, and tutor to her youngest son. On her death in 1721, he took over the role of assistant to his father at the Presbyterian meeting house in Hoxton Square. In 1723 he gave a series of lectures on 'The credibility of Gospel history', which began a life's work on the subject. His first publication of the lecture series in 1729 placed him in the first rank of Christian apologists, and he continued to write on Gospel history for the remainder of his life. He also acted as a preacher at the Presbyterian meeting house in Poor Jewry Lane from 1729 to 1751, being elected Pastor in 1740. IN 1745 he gained a D.D. from Marischal College in Scotland.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter dated 1741 from Nathaniel Lardner to the Rev [Joseph] Hallett junior of Exeter, which continues a discussion based on biblical references to strangers among the Jews.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

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Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Found inside the Institute of Historical Research's copy of Hawkherst, a sketch of its history and antiquities, by David Jennings (1792) and passed to ULL in 1979.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Further material relating to Nathaniel Lardner may be found at the Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone; and Dr Williams's Library, London.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Textual analysis | Literary analysis | Literature
Theology

Personal names
Hallet | Joseph | 1691-1744 | presbyterian minister
Lardner | Nathaniel | 1684-1768 | presbyterian minister and biblical scholar

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Places