BIB_ID
303723
Accession number
MA 733.34
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1787 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.3 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.
With a slip of paper labled "Miss Hannah Moore" adhered to p. 2.
With the canceled note "Copied for Life of H.M." on p. 1.
With a slip of paper labled "Miss Hannah Moore" adhered to p. 2.
With the canceled note "Copied for Life of H.M." on p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Noting that he has written a preface to the first volume of Cowper's poems, saying "His name was not then known among the booksellers; and they were afraid to bind up my preface with the book, lest it should operate like a death's head at a feast, and, by its gravity, hinder the sale it was designed to recommend...."
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