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John Cumming was a Scottish preacher born in Aberdeen. He was appointed to the Crown Court Church (the Scottish National Church) in Covent Garden in 1832. Cumming published around 180 books. A controversial figure, he was outspoken in his anti-Catholic views and gave public lectures denouncing Cardinals Nicholas Wiseman and John Henry Newman. Many of his letters on the subject were published in The Times newspaper.
John Cumming was a Scottish preacher born in Aberdeen. He was appointed to the Crown Court Church (the Scottish National Church) in Covent Garden in 1832. Cumming published around 180 books. A controversial figure, he was outspoken in his anti-Catholic views and gave public lectures denouncing Cardinals Nicholas Wiseman and John Henry Newman. Many of his letters on the subject were published in The Times newspaper.
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| Title: | Letter from John Cumming |
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| Description: | John Cummings has received an unnamed encyclopedic work - which appears to be American Protestant in nature - to review. He suggests he could improve and enlarge the work by editing it over a year or two. He suggests the letter's recipient unites with publisher George Virtue Snr. to publish the work in monthly installments and add illustrations. |
| Address: | 7 Montague Place Russell Square London |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 1, 7 pages ; embossed address. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Key works mentioned: | Dr Hook's Dictionary |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "John Cumming, divine and author, born Nov: 10. 1807, died July 5. 1881" |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | © National Portrait Gallery London by William Edward Kilburn published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason) albumen carte-de-visite circa 1862 NPG x132396 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
| Identifier: | SL_36 |
