BIB_ID
303696
Accession number
MA 733.20
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1783 Sept. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 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.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Discussing her faith, noting that "when our natural spirits are weak, and the Enemy is permitted to come in like a flood, we can no more prevent the effects of his violence, than we can prevent a head-ach or fever;" mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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