BIB_ID
303701
Accession number
MA 733.22
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1784 Apr. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Mrs. Gardiner / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "84 April."
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.
Docketed "84 April."
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
Concerning mutual acquaintances; mentioning that he has recently published a book (his Apologia); discussing faith, noting that a "poor friend of ours in Lincolnshire has been sadly entangled in the snares of the Enemy."
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