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    The Rev . James Pickbourn ( whose death was announced , p . 316 *; was born at Sutton , in Ashfield , near Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , on the 27 th Jaru 1736 . f He commenced his

    studies at the academy then under the superintendence of Dr . Jennings , in the year 17 ^ 4 , and remained there the usual term of five years .

    Upon quitting the academy , he was appointed minister to a congregation of Protestant Dissenters at Harleston , in Norfolk ; J the following year he removed to BrentwoocL in Essex , where he

    continued to officiate about four years . During this period he received ordination : his certificate of ordination bears date , Oct .. 14 , 1762 . Upon quitting Brentwood he came to reside in London

    soon after his arrival , Dr . Williams ' s trustees appointed him their librarian , which office he held until the end of the year 1776 . During his residence at the

    library , he became acquainted with some very eminent characters . A society of which he was a member met once a fortnight at the London Coffee . House . Drs .

    Frank-* The name is here mis-spelt Pickbourne . J * He remembered the rebellion in 1 7 45 , and used to tell of his being sent by his father , a farmer , to buy

    powder , on the approach of the rebels , in order to defend their house , which stood in a lone situation , against any stragglers from the Pretender's army .

    J Here , as he was fond of relating , he helped to proclaim the present king .

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    lin , Kippisy Price and Priestley were amongst the number of its most distinguished associates . In the middle of the year 1773 , he attended two young gentlemen to the continent , in the capacity of

    private tutor ; l | his acquaintance with Dr . Franklin now proved of singular advantage to him , the reputation of intimacy with Frankliny being at that time the best introduction to eminent characters

    of every description . ^ returned to England in the autumn of 1776 ; the January following , he opened an academy for young gentlemen , in Grove Street , Hackney , which he conducted with credit to him .

    self and advantage to his pupils , until midsummer , 1804 , when finding the infirmities of age advancing upon him , he withdrew from active life ., having honorably

    realized a handsome competency He published , in 1790 , a Dissertation on the English Verb , the plan of which he formed during his residence at the Hague ;

    it was dedicated to Lord Dover : he afterwards published , in the year 1808 , a Dissertation on Metrical Pauses : both publications procured him many compliments from the first scholars of

    the age , and are likely to remain a lasting proof of his being an || He continued to discharge the office of Librarian at Red Cross Street by deputy .

    § He resided some time at the Hague , where he received " numberless civilities , ' * ( Ded . of Eog . Verb . ) from the English Ambassador , Sir Joseph Yorke , afterwards Lord Dovtf

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 636, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/48/