Autograph letter signed : Olney, to Mrs. Gardiner, 1779 Feb. 16.

Record ID: 
303649
Accession number: 
MA 733.7
Author: 
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description: 
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Leasingham / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "79."
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.

Summary: 

Describing Mrs. Newton's poor health and his own religious faith; discussing his work with Cowper on a book of hymns; concerning Mrs. Gardiner's health and faith.

Provenance: 
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.