Letter from Anne Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson
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Description
- Title
- Letter from Anne Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson
- Creator
- Berkeley, Anne Forster, 1700-1786
- Contributor
- Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
- Published / Created
- undated
- Abstract
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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 translations by Berkeley and others, chiefly in Berkeley's hand, of the writings of François Fénelon, Madame Guyon, and Nathaniel Hooke on subjects such as imputed righteousness, the use of adversity, inward Christianity, and aridity and coldness in prayer. Accompanied also by two letters from Berkeley's son George Berkeley to Samuel Johnson, father of William Samuel Johnson, 1755-1756; one letter from George Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1780; and two copies of a printed leaflet containing predestinarian texts.
- Description
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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 children survived to adulthood: Henry, George, William, and Julia. Anne Berkeley died at Langley, Kent, on 27 May 1786.
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William Samuel Johnson (Yale 1744) was the son of clergyman Samuel Johnson of Stratford, Connecticut, a friend and follower of George Berkeley and president of Kings College from 1754-1763. William Samuel Johnson renewed his family's friendship with the Berkeley family while in London on legal buisness in 1767-1771. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1788 and in 1791 became president of Columbia University (formerly King's College). He retired in 1800 to live in Stratford until his death in 1819. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS 1571
- Collection Title
- Anne Forster Berkeley letters to William Samuel Johnson
- Collection / Other Creator
- Berkeley, Anne Forster, 1700-1786
- Collection Date
- 1770-1771, undated
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Correspondence
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
- Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
- Subject (Topic)
- Women--Religion
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Anne Forster Berkeley Letters to William Samuel Johnson. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 14625569
- Object ID (OID)
- 17353768
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