Proposals Made By Rev James Kirkwood Minister of Minto in 1699 to Found Pub
Proposals Made By Rev James Kirkwood Minister of Minto in 1699 to Found Pub
James Kirkwood
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" " The writer, thus " says Professor Dickson, " identifies himself with the Rev. James Kirkwood, who gives an account of his plan for printing the Irish Bible for the use of the Highlands, in some correspondence with the Hon. Robert Boyle regarding it, which is printed as an appendix to Birch's life of Boyle, prefixed to the first volume of his works. James Kirkwood was a native of Dunbar, who became minister of Minto, in 1679, but was deprived, on account of the Test Act, in 1681, and about 1...684 was, through the in- fluence of Dr. Gilbert Burnet, instituted Rector of Astwick, in Bedford. (See Dr. Scott's 'Fasti. ') The General Assembly of 1704 passed an Act declaring their approbation of the project, empowering application to the 8 Treasury for assistance in bringing down the books from England, and fixing the places where the libraries were to be stationed. The minutes of that Assembly also show that they agreed to an elaborate set of rules ' about the ordering and preserving the libraries in the Highlands and Islands, ' that they directed a letter of thanks to be sent to the Society in England for Propagating Christian Knowledge, and that they recommended ' Mr.
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