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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to John McHenry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04835 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1816 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a collection of sermons by Rev. Richard Price that shaped Pickering's faith. Over forty years ago Pickering renounced the "Calvanistic scheme" in which he had been educated as "utterly incompatible with the perfections of the Deity." Price's sermons gave Pickering the concept of the Trinity which he now embraces.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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