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T. Latham

A little-known 19th-century religious writer, he is remembered for sharp, argumentative pamphlets that plunged into fierce theological disputes of his day. His surviving works have the energy of someone writing from inside the controversy, not at a safe historical distance.

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The Rod in Pickle; or, An Answer to the Appeal of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher Containing an Authentic Narrative of the Cause of His Leaving Banbury, in Oxfordshire: Together With the Charges Exhibited Against Him, the Meeting of His Friends in Consequence of Those Charges, and the Result of That Meeting. To Which Are Added, His Letters, Written to the Managers of the Banbury Meeting-House, Begging Them Not to Let the Cause of His Dismissal Be Known in London.

The Rod in Pickle; or, An Answer to the Appeal of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher Containing an Authentic Narrative of the Cause of His Leaving Banbury, in Oxfordshire: Together With the Charges Exhibited Against Him, the Meeting of His Friends in Consequence of Those Charges, and the Result of That Meeting. To Which Are Added, His Letters, Written to the Managers of the Banbury Meeting-House, Begging Them Not to Let the Cause of His Dismissal Be Known in London.

by T. Latham

About the author

Very little biographical information about T. Latham appears to be readily documented in major reference sources. The clearest detail consistently attached to his books is that he was identified as "the Rev. T. Latham" and "minister of the gospel" in early editions and later reproductions.

The works most clearly linked to him today are The Rod in Pickle and The Self-Plumbed Bishop Unplumed, both preserved through Project Gutenberg and other library-style catalogs. From their titles and framing, he seems to have written in the middle of intense Protestant religious debate, responding directly to other preachers and doctrinal positions rather than writing detached devotional literature.

Because so little firm personal information could be confirmed from reliable sources consulted here, it is safest to remember him chiefly through the tone of his writing: combative, specific, and deeply engaged with the religious arguments of his era. For listeners interested in forgotten voices from 19th-century theological controversy, that rarity is part of the appeal.