February 17, 1816 letter from Lady Diana Barham to Thomas Haweis
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Title |
February 17, 1816 letter from Lady Diana Barham to Thomas Haweis |
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Post Date |
February 17, 1816 |
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Author |
Barham, Lady Diana (1762-1823) |
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Recipient |
Haweis, Thomas (1734-1820) |
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Date |
1816-02-17 |
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Physical Description |
4 pp. total; 3 pp. text; 1 p. address |
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Dimensions |
38.2 x 24.5 cm |
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Location (Box, Folder) |
Box 1, File 06 |
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Address To |
5 Beaufort Buildings, Bath |
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Country To |
England |
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Address From |
Swansea |
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Country From |
England |
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Transcriber |
Gareth Lloyd |
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Plain Text Transcription |
From Lady Barham [Diana Noel] to Thomas Haweis at Beaufort Buildings, Bath, Somerset. She had been trying to gain a little strength from his most valuable treatise on Genesis 12 (probably a reference to Haweis 'The Evangelical expositor; or a commentary on the Holy Bible. Wherein the sacred text of the Old and New Testament is inserted at large; the sense explained; and the more difficult passages elucidated: with practical observations; London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1765-66) and especially his commentary on verse 3 (Genesis 12:3 - 'And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.') when his last letter arrived and on reading it, she was struck by what she had reading and cannot help but transcribe a part of it as follows: ‘God will not suffer his people to take up their rest anywhere short of heaven. If they are making a home of the horse(?) of their pilgrimage, he will [unreadable word] to remove. We have here 1st, God’s command…to leave the country, to part with his dearest friends, to forsake his possessions and to follow God…the glory of the Redeemer requires it.’ Again in T.H.’s commentary on the 9th verse (Genesis 12:9 - 'And Abraham journeyed, going on still toward the south) - ‘To be strangers and pilgrims on earth is the true character of a traveller to glory. Where God visits us we never be desolate though we were alone on a mountain, though we leave all for God…’. Diana has transcribed this so that T.H. can see the effect of his words. Diana must also thank T.H. for his great kindness and at the same time explain that she is afraid that Charles is wrong in the sum and that it was not four hundred that T.H. had offered to lend, but only three hundred? If so, she would be grateful if T.H. would please send back the ‘paper’ that Charles sent. He will immediately write another. (1 sheet, 4p.) 17 February 1816 (annotated in pencil by a 19th century hand - 'the £400 that the Earl of Gainsborough owes Dr. Haweis but refused to pay.' |
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Notes |
Postmarked from Swansea on February 19. Red wax seal attached. Endorsed in pencil: "@ [i.e., About] the 400 pounds that the Earl of Gainsborough owes Dr Haweis but refused to pay". |
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Digital Resources Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2012 |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width |
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Digital Publisher |
Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library |
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Decade |
1810-1819 |
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