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- Creator:
- Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
- Published / Created:
- 1729 April 11.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 1116
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- 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...
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Berkeley letter, Newport, Rhode Island, to Martin Benson, London, 1729 April 11 : manuscript
