Sermons of James Mackinlay

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1058
• Dates of Creation:1782-1820
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 manuscript volume

• Scope and Content

  The sermons - manuscript - are contained in a single volume. There is numbering within the volume. The item contains an inserted letter, dated 1901.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  James Mackinlay was born in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1756. He was the son of a farmer, James Mackinlay. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Ayr on 3 July 1782. Mackinlay was a tutor in the family of Sir William Cunningham of Windyhill. James Mackinlay was ordained on 6 April 1786 and the ceremony was the subject of the poemThe ordinationby Robert Burns. He was a Minister in Kilmarnock.

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• Subjects

  Sermons

• Personal Names

  Mackinlay, Rev., James, b. 1756 (Minister)