BIB_ID
303648
Accession number
MA 733.6
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1778 July 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Leasingham / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "78 July."
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.
With the note "Published in L'Observateur Christi in the Island of Jersey."
Docketed "78 July."
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.
With the note "Published in L'Observateur Christi in the Island of Jersey."
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Concerning Mr. Gardiner's brief visit and the sermon he preached that Sunday; praising Mr. Collins and discussing him, his faith, and his Curacy at length. Discussing religious topics, noting "I see that Satan is not only a Lion & a Serpent, but that he can transform himself into an Angel of light & make even those who aim at the destruction of his kingdom, in some measure subservient to his designs."
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