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Newton, John, (1725-1807), sailor, Anglican clergyman, hymn-writer and poet

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Surname: Newton
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1725-1807
Biography: ODNB link for Newton, John (1725-1807) Clergyman and Poet
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P133796 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P21160 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Newton
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Lambeth Palace Library
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
2
addnl corresp and papers
Lambeth Palace Library
See Annual Return 1995
3
letters (121) to him
Lambeth Palace Library
See Friends of the National Libraries minutes 2/5/95
4
corresp, notebooks and papers
Cowper Memorial Library
NRA 10540 Cowper Museum

See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
5
1763-1801: corresp rel to the history of the Church of England, MSS of hymns (3 items) and notebook
Princeton University Library
6
1774-76: letters from wife, sermon notes
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 2694 Venn

See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
7
1750-54: log as master of a slaver
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
See Guide vol 2
8
1779-80: letters
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
9
1800: MS memoir of William Cowper
McMaster University Library
See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1981-82
10
corresp with William Bull
Lambeth Palace Library
See Annual Report 1989 p2
11
1772-78: corresp with John Thornton
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 30090
12
1785-1803: corresp with William Wilberforce
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 7132 Wilberforce
13
1750-60: letters to David Jennings
Liverpool Record Office
NRA 18455
14
1767-81: letters to W Cowper
British Library, Manuscript Collections
15
c1795: manuscript poem
Leeds University Library, Special Collections
See Annual Return 2015