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John Nisbet was born in 1705 in Scotland, probably in Edinburgh, and married Sarah Brevard. They immigrated to America in 1731, and settled eventually in Lancaster Co., South Carolina. He died in 1755.
From the pages of forgotten journals and literary magazines Michael O'Brien assembles fourteen pieces that effectively challenge the long-prevailing notion that the mind of the Old South was superficial, unintellectual, and obsessed with race and slavery. In this book are discourses on subjects ranging from English empirical thought to neoclassical aesthetics, from the enfranchisement of women to transcendental theology, from the works of Hawthorne and Emerson to the social system of Virginia.
Over the past twenty-five years - since the very large collection of Newton's papers became available and began to be seriously examined - the beginnings of a new picture of Newton has emerged. This volume of essays builds upon the foundation of its authors in their previous works and extends and elaborates the emerging picture of the `new' Newton, the great synthesizer of science and religion as revealed in his intellectual context.
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
The Holloway family moved from Goochland County, Virginia to Wake County, North Carolina during or before 1788. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina and elsewhere.