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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended''}}
===by Patrick Delany===
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}}[[wikipedia:Patrick Delany, D.D.|Patrick Delany]] (1685/6 &ndash; 1768), an Irishman, attended school at Trinity College in 1701 and was elected scholar in 1704.<ref>Alfred Webb, "[http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/PatrickDelany.php Patrick Delany]," ''Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office or by Their Writings'' (Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, 1878), Library Ireland website, accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> After getting his Masters at Trinity in 1709, he began preparing for ordination.<ref>Toby Barnard, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/7443 Delany, Patrick (1685/6–1768)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> By 1728, Delany had received the chancellorship for the Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin and later added St. Patrick's, the second-largest cathedral in Dublin.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1744, Delany accepted an appointment as the dean of Downs, where he tried to rectify the wickedness he saw among the people&mdash;gambling; excess eating, drinking, and dress; cheating; avarice; and pride.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Delany died at Bath, in England, at the age of 82, and was buried in Glasnevin graveyard in Ireland.<ref>Webb, "Patrick Delany."</ref>

[[File:DelanyDoctrineOfAbstinence1734HeadPiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Head piece, first page of text</center>]]
The writer of many tracts and pamphlets, Delany composed ''The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended'' to explain his support of vegetarianism.<ref>Patrick Delany, ''The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept'' (London: C. Rivington, 1734).</ref> Delany examines several Bible verses beginning with the story of Noah’s Ark to justify his belief that abstinence from blood is clarified in the Bible.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Knowing his subject was unpopular, he even states in the preface that this pamphlet will go against many theological views, and that many scholars will disagree completely.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
An existing copy of the 1734 edition sold to the Library of Congress by [[Thomas Jefferson]] in 1815 is "probably from the library of George Wythe [with] manuscript notes [which] appear to be in his hand."<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:162 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=174 [no.1633]].</ref> However, Jefferson did not list the title in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]]. Despite this, all four of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources (Goodwin's pamphlet<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, ''[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings]'' (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), LI.</ref> Dean's Bibliography<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 3 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref>, Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing) include the 1734 edition of ''The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended.''

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Rebound in period style full calf.<br />

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===Full text===
*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/DelanyDoctrineOfAbstinenceFromBlood1734.pdf ''The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended''] (6MB PDF)

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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