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The examination of the Revd. Francis Wilson doctor in divinity : copy of a document, 1742 July 13.

BIB_ID
118218
Accession number
MA 455.21
Display Date
1742 July 13.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
At bottom of p. [3]: "A true Copy."
Endorsed: "Copy of Dr. Wilson's affidavit, in relation to his conduct towards Dr. Swift. July 13, 1742."
For Deane Swift's version of this incident, see his Nov. 19, 1742 letter to the Earl of Orrery in The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D., ed. David Woolley (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007), v. IV, letter 1500, p. 660-3.
Part of a collection that includes 19 letters and 3 documents, described in separate records; see MA 455.1-22 for more details.
The original document was signed by Francis Wilson and David Chaigneau.
Summary
Concerning the mistreatment of Swift by Dr. Francis Wilson on June 14, 1742.