Approximately 12 letters from Anne Forster Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1770-1771 and undated, concerning their mutual interest in mystical Christian doctrine and spirituality. Letters include and are accompanied by excerpts, copies and transl...
Description:
Anne Forster married Church of Ireland clergyman George Berkeley in 1728. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Middletown, Rhode Island before returning to Ireland, where Berkeley was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1734. Four of their...
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne Forster, 1700-1786., Berkeley, George, 1685-1753., Berkeley, George, 1733-1795., Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- 1651-1715., Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717., Hooke, N. 1690?-1763. (Nathaniel),, Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772., and Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Devotional literature, English, Devotional literature, French, Faith and reason, Meditations, Mysticism, Sprituality, Theology, Doctrinal, Women, and Religion
Manuscript on paper, in a single Italic hand, of several hundred brief religious meditations divided into four "centuries" of 100 meditations each; the first and last centuries are incomplete. Topics include the God's love, doing good works, and hypos...
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Accompanied by newspaper article by James Osborn attributing the manuscript to Thomas Traherne.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Traherne, Thomas, d. 1674
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, Meditations, Meditations (Religious), and Religious poetry, English
