HARRIS, William.

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An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of Charles I. First edition of this extensively researched biography. Ordained in 1741, William Harris (1720-70) ministered to a small nonconforming congregation in Devonshire and wrote biographies of Cromwell and the Stuarts. His works on James I, Charles I, and Charles II were undertaken with the intention of commemorating the contributions of nonconformists to religious and civil liberties, but he died before he could complete his work on the Stuarts with a volume on James II. His work, while not impartial, is valued for the copious notes he includes in the text.

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