BIB_ID
125734
Accession number
MA 733.41
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1795 Nov. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with trace of a seal and postmarks.
Part of a collection of letters from John Newton primarily to Mrs. Gardiner. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 733 for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from John Newton primarily to Mrs. Gardiner. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 733 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Wishing that they corresponded more frequently; discussing the misery in the world and mentioning that although "I am not in the French Interests, I cannot help feeling even for the French;" remarking that "Sin has filled the world with woe" and praising the Lord.
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