BIB_ID
303729
Accession number
MA 733.36
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1787 July 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark.
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With the penciled note "not to be published" on p. 1.
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With the penciled note "not to be published" on p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Responding to her request for advice; discussing Mr. Caldwell and her son; concerning faith and religious topics; mentioning mutual acquaintances and his wife's health; wishing he could furnish Sleaford with a curate.
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