BIB_ID
303622
Accession number
MA 733.2
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1777 Nov. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Leasingham / near Sleaford / Lincoln-shire."
Docketed "77 Nov."
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 Nov."
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 faith, sin, and other religious topics in regard to Mrs. Gardiner's spiritual life, noting "Unbelief is selfish, impatient & slothful," and assuring her that God will give her strength; ttempting to give her guidance regarding an unspecified moral question; mentioning Mr. Pugh.
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