Record ID:
136866
Accession number:
MA 514.5
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.
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