Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause
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Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause is James Boswell’s detailed narrative of the famous 18th-century Scottish inheritance lawsuit, offering both legal analysis and vivid insight into the personalities and social context surrounding the case.
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| Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12389700 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause Context triple: [Douglas Cause, notableWork, Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause]
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A.
The Memoirs of Alexander Campbell
The Memoirs of Alexander Campbell is a biographical work detailing the life, religious leadership, and influence of Alexander Campbell, a key figure in the American Restoration Movement.
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B.
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland is a late 17th-century political treatise by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun analyzing Scotland’s constitutional and economic condition and arguing for civic liberty and national reform.
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C.
Kirk Session of Canongate
The Kirk Session of Canongate is the historic governing body of the Church of Scotland congregation in Edinburgh’s Canongate district, overseeing its spiritual, disciplinary, and administrative affairs.
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D.
The History of the Church of Scotland
The History of the Church of Scotland is a major early 17th-century historical work chronicling the development and affairs of the Scottish Reformed Church, written by Archbishop John Spottiswoode.
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E.
Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy
Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause Target entity description: Boswell’s Account of the Douglas Cause is James Boswell’s detailed narrative of the famous 18th-century Scottish inheritance lawsuit, offering both legal analysis and vivid insight into the personalities and social context surrounding the case.
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A.
The Memoirs of Alexander Campbell
The Memoirs of Alexander Campbell is a biographical work detailing the life, religious leadership, and influence of Alexander Campbell, a key figure in the American Restoration Movement.
-
B.
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland
Two Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland is a late 17th-century political treatise by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun analyzing Scotland’s constitutional and economic condition and arguing for civic liberty and national reform.
-
C.
Kirk Session of Canongate
The Kirk Session of Canongate is the historic governing body of the Church of Scotland congregation in Edinburgh’s Canongate district, overseeing its spiritual, disciplinary, and administrative affairs.
-
D.
The History of the Church of Scotland
The History of the Church of Scotland is a major early 17th-century historical work chronicling the development and affairs of the Scottish Reformed Church, written by Archbishop John Spottiswoode.
-
E.
Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy
Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.
- F. None of above. chosen
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