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George Berkeley letter, Rhode Island, to Henry Newman, Holborn, London, 1730 March 29 : manuscript
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Title
George Berkeley letter, Rhode Island, to Henry Newman, Holborn, London, 1730 March 29 : manuscript.
Production
Rhode Island, 1730 March 29.
Physical Description
1 item
Language
English
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Accompanied by a typed transcript made by an unidentified transcriber, a negative photostatic copy of the letter, and a typescript providing some context for the letter.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Colbeck Radford on the Betts Fund, 1933.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher. In 1731 September, Berkeley donated his library and his plantation in Newport, Rhode Island, to Yale University. The donation doubled Yale’s library holdings.
Henry Newman (1670-1743), Massachusetts-born convert to Anglicanism who spent most of his professional life in England.
Summary
Autograph letter, signed, from George Berkeley to Henry Newman thanking Newman for a parcel of books, 1730 March 29. Berkeley also comments on the “growth of Atheism and Irreligion” in England and adds that “Political societies have their diseases as well as natural bodies and this seems that which will be the death of Great Britain.”
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 24, 2022
References
George Berkeley Letter to Henry Newman. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
George Berkeley Letter to Henry Newman. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Occupation
Philosophers Great Britain.
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