BIB_ID
368837
Accession number
MA 514.11
Creator
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
Display Date
1741/2 [i.e. 1742] Feb. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal and a postmark to "The Rev'd Dr. Doddridge / att / Northamton."
Docketed with shorthand notation.
Signature excised.
This item is part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Isaac Watts to Philip Doddridge and others; see main record for MA 514 for more information.
Docketed with shorthand notation.
Signature excised.
This item is part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Isaac Watts to Philip Doddridge and others; see main record for MA 514 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson, 1905.
Summary
Expressing his appreciation for his kindnesses; referring to the Catechisms with Notes and pleased that he has had success with them; saying his family is enjoying his Sermons on Regeneration; saying his improving health has allowed him to spend "four or five half-hours in the pulpit;" telling him that his "Scheme of rendering the female Sex more abundantly usefull in the World, by instructing them how to Educate their offspring, will be a most usefull Service, if you always Set a prudent guard upon yourself, how far to go in particulars, and where to Stop;" commenting on the good success of Mr. Whitfield in New England.
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