BIB_ID
303684
Accession number
MA 733.15
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1782 July 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "82 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 a note indicating that the letter was published in 1833.
Docketed "82 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 a note indicating that the letter was published in 1833.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Mentioning mutual acquaintances; discussing religious topics, noting that "we live in an enemies land at present."
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