BIB_ID
303706
Accession number
MA 733.26
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1785 Feb. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Westfield / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "85 Feby."
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.
Docketed "85 Feby."
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.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Discussing the difficulty of her situation and offering religious advice and encouragement.
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