BIB_ID
303624
Accession number
MA 733.3
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1777 June.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
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
Regretting they were unable to meet; describing his travels. Comparing temptation to the wind, noting that when it has "ceased raging from one point, after a short calm, frequently renews its violence from a different or opposite quarter." Discussing faith and religious topics at length; giving her moral guidance. Asking her to return his letters so he may publish them.
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