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James Wilson painted by Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, c.1792. Watercolour on ivory, 6.7 x 5.2cm oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1952.3.3
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Our Records: The Reverend John Witherspoon, James Wilson and the Declaration of Independence

Learn about the lives of the two Scottish signatories of the Declaration of Independence

2nd July 2026

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Painting of the Disruption in 1843 which formed the Free Church of Scotland, by David Octavius Hill. Image © reproduced with kind permission of the Free Church of Scotland

New: Breakaway church records added

Historical records of 262 congregations which broke away from the Church of Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries are now available. 

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