BIB_ID
303705
Accession number
MA 733.25
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1784 Nov. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Westfield farm / Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "84 -- Nov --."
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 Charles Square.
Docketed "84 -- Nov --."
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 Charles Square.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Thanking her for some cranberries and for her friendship; imagining a visit from her; discussing religious matters; mentioning mutual acquaintances and his family.
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