BIB_ID
368934
Accession number
MA 514.24
Creator
Parker, Joseph.
Display Date
1748 Dec. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 30.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmark to "The Rev'd Dr. Doddridge / at / Northamton."
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.
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
Discussing the disposition of Dr. Watts' manuscripts; advising him that the funeral sermon by Mr. Jennings "with some short memoirs" will be published at the beginning of the following week; adding "The Catholick appearance at the D'rs Funeral was order'd according to his own desire. You know, Sir, it was his Study in Life to endeavor to reconcile the several partys of Christians, and when he could no longer speak, his Grave reads a Lecture of Moderation;" expressing his amazement at how hard Dr. Watts worked "considering the weak frame and Constitution of his Body;" adding that the "Northamtonshire Ministers have taken the alarm of this awakening providence, and suitably improved it to their [illegible]. Neither have the pulpits in London been silent."
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