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040-004541438

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Add MS 89675 ff. 1-105

Title:

Letters of John Newton and Elizabeth Catlett to Dr Thomas and Sophia Ring

Scope & Content:

44 letters by John Newton (1725-1807) to Dr Thomas Ring (1761-1840) and Sophia Ring, née Tompson (1768-1848), dated 1793-1802 (ff. 1-79). The letters begin after a visit to Reading and concern Newton’s close friendship with the Rings. Subjects include the spiritual concerns of evangelicals in Reading and their relationship with the Anglican rector of St Giles’s, Reading, Newton’s own position as an Anglican, the marriage of Thomas and Sophia Ring, Newton’s grief about the death of his wife (in 1790), and the mental health of his adopted daughter Eliza in 1801-02. The volume also includes 13 letters by Elizabeth [Eliza] Catlett (1769-1834), the adopted daughter of Newton, to Sophia Ring, dated 1798-1813 (ff. 80-105).

Contents:

Marriage certificate of Thomas Ring and Sophia Tompson at Gretna Green, 26 November 1787 (laid onto inside front cover).

Letters of John Newton to Thomas Ring and Sophia Ring, Reading:

f. 1: ‘My dear Madam’, Portswood Green, Southampton, ‘at Walter Taylors Esq’, 25 July 1800.

ff. 2-3: ‘My dear Madam’, Southampton, 8 August [17]95 [postmarked 1797].

ff. 4-5: ‘My very dear friends’, ‘No.6’ [Coleman Street Buildings, London], 6 June 1801. First and last paragraphs only; middle paragraph excised.

ff. 6-7: ‘My dear Madam, not forgetting My dear Sir’, No.6, 17 September 1801.

ff. 8-9: ‘My dear friends’, No. 6, 2 December 1801.

ff. 10-11: ‘My very dear friends’, n.p., 2 May 1801.

f. 12: ‘My dear friends’, No .6, 3 June 1801.

ff. 13-14: ‘My dear Madam’, ‘Southampton alias, Portswood Green’, 4 August 1798.

ff. 15-16: ‘My very dear friends’, No. 6, 31 August 1801.

ff. 17-18: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., n.d. [postmarked 13 June 1797].

ff. 19-20: ‘My dear Madam’, No. 6, 8 June 1797.

ff. 21-22: ‘My dear friends’, No.6 Coleman Street Buildings, 1 October 1793.

ff. 23-24: ‘My dear friends’, Coleman Street Buildings, 24 January 1794.

ff. 25-26: ‘My dear Sir’, No.6, 19 February 1798.

ff. 27-28: ‘My dear friend’, No.6, 6 January 1798.

ff. 29-30: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 9 July 1798.

ff. 31-32: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 1 October 1799.

ff. 33-34: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 9 February 1798.

ff. 35-36: ‘My dear Madam & Sir’, n.p., 4 May 1801.

ff. 37-38: ‘My dear friends’, No.6, 9 May 1801.

f. 39: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 3 July 1799.

ff. 40-41: ‘My dear friends’, No.6, 4 July 1801.

ff. 42-43: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 22 September 1797.

ff. 44-45: ‘My dear Madam’, Portswood Green, 24 August 1797.

ff. 46-47: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 21 December 1797. Also with E. Catlett as signatory.

ff. 48-49: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 25 January 1797.

ff. 50-51: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 29 November 1802.

ff. 52-53: ‘My dear Sir’, No.6, 27 July 1796.

ff. 54-55: ‘My dear friends’, Portswood Green, 31 August [1796].

f. 56: ‘My dear friends’, No.6, 3 January [1795]. One page, folded.

f. 57: Letter addressed to Mrs Ring, n.p., [October 1797]. Half page cut down and signed with initials ‘J. N.’.

f. 58: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 1 July 1797.

ff. 59-60: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 16 September 1794.

ff. 61-62: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 1 October 1794. Bound upside down.

ff. 63-64: ‘My dear friends’, n.p., 14 January 1802.

f. 65: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 5 July 1800.

ff. 66-67: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 26 September 1800.

ff. 68-69: ‘My dear Madam’, n.p., 15 August 1796.

f. 70: ‘A thousand thanks to my Dear friend’, No.6, 11 May 1801.

f. 71: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 3 May 1799.

ff. 72-73: ‘Dear Sir & Madam’, n.p., 16 August 1796.

ff. 74-75: ‘My dear Madam’, Portswood Green, ‘At Walter Taylors Esq, Southampton’, 27 July 1799.

ff. 76-77: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 28 April 1795.

ff. 78-79: ‘My dear Madam’, No.6, 17 July [1795]. Also with E. Catlett as signatory.

Letters from Eliza Catlett (E. Smith from 1805) to Sophia Ring:

ff. 80-81: ‘My very dear Mrs Ring’, 24 August 1798.

ff. 82-83: ‘My dear Madam’, 11 November 1812.

ff. 84-85: ‘My dear Madam’, 5 March 1813.

ff. 86-87: ‘My dear Mrs Ring’, 12 January 1801.

ff. 88-89: ‘Dear Madam’, 28 December 1807. Bound upside down.

ff. 90-91: ‘My dear Madam’, 30 October 1805.

ff. 92-93: ‘My dear Madam’, 5 July 1805.

f. 94: ‘My dear Madam’, 1 May 1804.

ff. 95-96: ‘My dear Madam’, 22 January 1808.

ff. 97-98: ‘My dear Madam’, 5 December 1807.

ff. 99-100: ‘My dear Madam’, 28 October 1803.

ff. 101-102: ‘My dear Madam’, 18 November 1806.

ff. 103 and 105: ‘My dear Mrs Ring’, 1 November 1800. Note at end in Newton’s hand (f. 103v): ‘Love to Mr. & Mrs Ring, & every body, from JN’.

f. 104r: ‘Anecdote of the late Revd J. Newton [...] Copied from dear M.D.’s album’, 7 July 1828. Pasted onto the address leaf (f. 105) of the letter dated 1 November 1800.

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Add MS 89675 : Letters of John Newton and Elizabeth Catlett to Dr Thomas and Sophia Ring

Add MS 89675 ff. 1-105 : Letters of John Newton and Elizabeth Catlett to Dr Thomas and Sophia Ring

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Extent:

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1793

End Date:

1813

Date Range:

1793-1813

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: folios 1-105.

Information About Copies:

The letters have been transcribed by the John Newton Project and are being published online in date order: johnnewton.org/ringletters [accessed 27 October 2023].

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Catlett, Elizabeth, 1769-1834
Newton, John, slave trader and clergyman, 1725-1807