Call Number:

C0192

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Newton Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1763-1801 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Newton, John, 1725-1807.

Form:

Hymns -- 18th century., Letters -- 18th century., and Minutes -- 18th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected manuscripts and letters of eighteenth-century English clergyman and hymnist John Newton.

John Newton was an English clergyman who had been a captain of slave ships. He authored numerous hymns including the famous "Amazing Grace."

The collection contains over forty letters by Newton, one of which is addressed to Hannah More, three to William Cowper, and twenty-six to Thomas Haweis, concerning Newton's research on the history of the Church of England. Also included are three autograph manuscripts of hymns, all dated 1792, and a ninety-two page notebook in the hand of the author containing the minutes of the Eclectic Society from 1787 to 1789.