BIB_ID
303617
Accession number
MA 733.1
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1777 Apr. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Leasingham / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "77 April."
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.
Docketed "77 April."
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
Discussing his wife's health, recent travels, and religious subjects; proposing a meeting; mentioning Mr. Pugh. Assuring her that "your past temptations were grievous; but you will find benefit from them."
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