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SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
A short account of the Society in Scotland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands and Islands, ... with a list of the officers of the correspondent board in London, ministers who have preached the anniversary sermons, and of the subscribers and other benefactors to the institution.
London (Place), printed for the Society by S. McDowall,, 1821.
31, [1] p. ; 19.5 cm. (8º)

The Society's president was the Duke of Sussex. Includes a list of stewards for the London Anniversary Festivals, 1808--1821, and a list of subscribers. Soane was elected to membership of the Society on 6 November 1828. (Priv. Corr. XIV.A.5.)

Copy Notes Bound (11) in a collection of pamphlets. Possibly sent to Soane in response to his request for a list of members after being approached in February 1821 on the suggestion of the Duke of Sussex to allow his name to go forward as a steward for the ensuing Anniversary Festival, in a letter accompanied by a prospectus (q.v.).

Binding Later C19th pebble-grained maroon binder's cloth, gilt-lettered spine reading 'Insurance & Societies'. Later numbered 'B' in a series of pamphlet volumes.

Reference Number 5380


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