Autograph letter signed : Newington, to [William Duncombe], 173/6 [i.e. 1736] Mar. 9.

Record ID: 
136866
Accession number: 
MA 514.5
Author: 
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes: 

This item is part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Isaac Watts to Philip Doddridge and others; see main record for MA 514 for more information.
Identity of recipient from published letter cited below.

Summary: 

Expressing his condolences on the loss of Mrs. Duncombe; saying he was pleased to learn from a letter written by his wife that he was a Christian and "that you have spent many more hours in the study of Divinity than of Poesy;" adding that he is holding his "Tragedy of Esther" and invites him and his son to call on him."

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson, 1905.