Catalogue Entry: MINT00519

Holograph draft of MINT00518 (Mint 19/2/229), followed by numerous calculations and a paragraph on interpreting the chronology of the Book of Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: [c.10 November 1725.], c. 1,409 words

Source: MINT 19/5/11-12, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

On reverse of an original letter, dated 16 May 1725, from George Needham to Newton, petitioning for Newton's advice or intervention on behalf of Robert Newton (allegedly a relative of Isaac), whose estate has been unlawfully possessed by two cousins who are wrecking it.

Needham's letter printed in NC, 7: 318-20.

^[1]

The Widdow Newtonss house, is
in the Abby yeard here

I will wait on you when I return
to London – where I hope I may
be able, to shew, that this Family & youth
does merrit your Protection & Patronage

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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Catalogue Entry: MINT00519

Holograph draft of MINT00518 (Mint 19/2/229), followed by numerous calculations and a paragraph on interpreting the chronology of the Book of Revelation

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