Person    | Male  Born 24/3/1715  Died 9/7/1785

William Strahan

The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh. Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.

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William Strahan

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Aldersgate Flame

{On the west face:} Wednesday May 24 1738 "What occurred .......law of sin an...

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Walter T. Davis

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