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Index
Nos. 1-58 link to the transcripts. All the letters have been transcribed but will appear here gradually as checked. When accessible the Nos. will be coloured to show the links have gone live.
‘No. 6’ stands for No. 6 Coleman Street Buildings, Newton’s address during this period.
‘Portswood Green’ was the Southampton home of Walter Taylor, where Newton spent many summer holidays.
Most of the letters are from John Newton. Most of the latter are from Betsy. She married in 1805, when her surname changed from Catlett to Smith.
The letters were pasted into a book in a random order. The British Library folio numbers are in the book page order.
[Due to a cyber attack of the British Library their links below have not yet been re-activated]
The live links on our website in the left hand column are fine.
No. |
from |
date |
folio |
1 |
No. 6 |
1 October 1793 |
ff. 21-22 |
2 |
No. 6 |
24 January 1794 |
ff. 23-24 |
3 |
No. 6 |
16 September 1794 |
ff. 59-60 |
4 |
- |
1 October 1794 |
ff. 61-62 |
5 |
No. 6 |
3 January 1795 |
f. 56 |
6 |
No. 6 |
28 April 1795 |
ff. 76-77 |
7 |
No. 6 |
17 July 1795 |
ff. 78-79 |
8 |
No. 6 |
27 July 1796 |
ff. 52-53 |
9 |
- |
15 August 1796 |
ff. 68-69 |
10 |
- |
16 August 1796 |
ff. 72-73 |
11 |
Portswood Green |
31 August 1796 |
ff. 54-55 |
12 |
No. 6 |
25 January 1797 |
ff. 48-49 |
13 |
No. 6 |
8 June 1797 |
ff. 19-20 |
14 |
- |
13 June 1997 |
ff. 17-18 |
15 |
- |
1 July 1797 |
f. 58 |
16 |
Southampton |
5 August 1797 |
ff. 2-3 |
17 |
Portswood Green |
24 August 1797 |
ff. 44-45 |
18 |
No. 6 |
22 September 1797 |
ff. 42-43 |
19 |
- |
October 1797 |
f. 57 |
20 |
No. 6 |
21 December 1797 |
ff. 46-47 |
21 |
No. 6 |
6 January 1798 |
ff. 27-28 |
22 |
No. 6 |
9 February 1798 |
ff. 33-34 |
23 |
No. 6 |
19 February 1798 |
ff. 25-26 |
24 |
No. 6 |
9 July 1798 |
ff. . 29-30 |
25 |
Portswood Green |
4 August 1798 |
ff. 13-14 |
26 |
- |
24 August 1798 |
ff. 80-81 |
27 |
- |
7 December 1798 |
no ms* |
28 |
No. 6 |
3 May 1799 |
f. 71 |
29 |
- |
3 July 1799 |
f. 39 |
30 |
Portswood Green |
27 July 1799 |
ff. 74-75 |
31 |
- |
1 October 1799 |
ff. 31-32 |
32 |
- |
5 July 1800 |
f. 65 |
33 |
Portswood Green |
25 July 1800 |
f. 1 |
34 |
No. 6 |
26 September 1800 |
ff. 66-67 |
35 |
- |
1 November 1800 |
f. 103, f. 105 |
36 |
- |
12 January 1801 |
ff. 86-87 |
37 |
- |
2 May 1801 |
ff. 10-11 |
38 |
- |
4 May 1801 |
ff. 35-36 |
39 |
No. 6 |
9 May 1801 |
ff. 37-38 |
40 |
No. 6 |
11 May 1801 |
f. 70 |
41 |
No. 6 |
3 June 1801 |
f. 12 |
42 |
- |
6 June 1801 |
ff. 4-5 |
43 |
- |
4 July 1801 |
ff. 40-41 |
44 |
- |
31 August 1801 |
ff. 15-16 |
45 |
- |
17 September 1801 |
ff. 6-7 |
46 |
- |
2 December 1801 |
ff. 8-9 |
47 |
- |
14 January 1802 |
ff. 63-64 |
48 |
No. 6 |
29 November 1802 |
ff. 50-51 |
49 |
- |
28 October 1803 |
ff. 99-100 |
50 |
- |
1 May 1804 |
ff. 94-94a |
51 |
- |
5 Jul 1805 |
ff. 92-93 |
52 |
- |
30 October 1805 |
ff. 90-91 |
53 |
- |
18 November 1806 |
ff. 101-102 |
54 |
- |
5 December 1807 |
ff. 97-98 |
55 |
- |
28 December 1807 |
ff. 88-89 |
56 |
- |
22 January 1808 |
ff. 95-96 |
57 |
- |
11 November 1812 |
ff. 82-83 |
58 |
- |
5 March 1813 |
ff. 84-85 |
Additional images:
Acknowledgements:
The original owner of the mss, a direct descendant of Sophia Ring's
British Library
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