BIB_ID
303709
Accession number
MA 733.28
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1785 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / near Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "85 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.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Docketed "85 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.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Reassuring her that the Lord taught her a good lesson at a cheap rate, noting "I see not why you should wish to feel guilty upon this occasion;" discussing the writings of Palemon and religious matters; mentioning his family.
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