Excerpt from Letters of Richard Radcliffe and John James of Queen's College, Oxford, 1755-83: With Additions, Notes, and Appendices

Radcliffe himself says that on his arrival there was nothing that deserved the name of a school in the whole parish, ' and speaks of shocking instances of distress and lack of religion among many of his new parishioners.

Besides the ties of College friendship between Radcliffe and Dr. James, the former was godfather to Dr. James' third son, William, his nephew, John Wilson, subsequently married the eldest daughter, Elizabeth (p.

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