Isaac Newton’s Works

Copy of royal warrant to the Mint to receive plate at premium rates as specified in the Parliamentary ruling of 1 May 1711, issue receipts for it, and melt it at once into shillings and sixpences to be paid into the Exchequer

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 10 May 1711, c. 380 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/508, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00543

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Refers MINT00501 (Mint 19/2/232-3) to the Mint and orders a report on it

Author: Treasury

Metadata: 16 June 1712, c. 493 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/241, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00502

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Holograph notes on the denominations, fineness and weight of various foreign coins, with a letter to Catherine Barton dated 5 August 1700 on the reverse

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1700, c. 1,030 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/30, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00195

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Clerical notes of the weight and assay of various French coins, followed by a holograph list of the values of foreign coins current in Ireland

Author: Unknown, Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1702 or later, c. 133 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/224, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00214

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Draft of legislation to recompense the Mint for the fact that the money coined from premium plate came to less than the amount spent on the plate: the shortfall is calculated at various figures from £1,813.0s.8d. to £5,168.6s.4d

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Mid-1711, c. 705 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/557-8, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01962

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'Ad Lectorem' prefixed to the second edition of the Commercium epistolicum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1710-1720, Latin with some English and French, c. 11,061 words, 20 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 312r-331v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00365

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William Chaloner's Letters to the Warden of the Mint, to Justice Railton, to Isaac Newton, and to Justice Railton

Author: William Chaloner

Metadata: 20-24 Jan. 1698/9, c. 2,110 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/133, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00917

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'De motu sphæricorum corporum in fluidis'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Late 1684, in Latin, c. 5,101 words, 15 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3965.7, ff. 40-54, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00090

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Cecilia Labree: The Information of Cecilia Labree 23 February 1698/9

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 23 Feb 1698/9, c. 171 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/153, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01405

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Elizabeth Seymour: The further Information of Elizabeth Seymour 7 July 1701

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 7 July 1701, c. 223 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/409, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01568

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'Notanda Chymica' (late 1660s).

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 1,500 words, 5 pp. (though there is only one word and a page reference on p. 5).

Source: NMAHRB Ms. 1028 B, Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA

Newton Catalogue ID: ALCH00080

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Jane Biggs: The Examination of Jane Biggs Widow 11 January 1699

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 11 Jan 1699, c. 245 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/249, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01499

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Original letter, written and signed by Peyton, informing Newton of the premium price for silver coin and plate

Author: Craven Peyton (Warden)

Metadata: 14 April 1709, c. 464 words.

Source: MINT 19/5/37, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00540

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Holograph notes on French, German, Portuguese, Dutch and New England coins

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: ca. 1702, c. 1,387 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/18-19, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00243

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Detailed list of grievances against Lord Lucas (Lieutenant of the Tower) and his staff

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Before 27 July 1697, c. 1,749 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/409-10, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00813

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Further to an enquiry by the warden [Craven Peyton], recommend he continue to be allowed a clerk-cum-solicitor to assist in prosecuting counterfeiters. Details of recommended salary and permissible expenses for the post

Author: Isaac Newton, Martin Bladen (Comptroller)

Metadata: 5 July 1715, c. 909 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/450-51, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00868

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Draft chapters of The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (post-1710)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English with some Latin, Greek and Hebrew, c. 30,000 words, 99 pp. on 74 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 26, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00069

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• Chap. 1: Of the Assyrian Empire
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• Chap. IV. Of the Babylonian Empire
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• Chap. 1: Of the Chronology of the first ages of the Greeks & Latines
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• Chap: Of the Temple & Synagogues of the Jews
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Jane Keyes: fragment of The Deposition of Jane Keyes the wife of John Keyes Victualler at the White Horse by the May Pole at Newington Butts 7 August 1698

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 7 Aug 1698, c. 105 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/16, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01270

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Holograph copy of MINT00454(b) (Mint 19/3/25)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1714, c. 745 words.

Source: MINT 19/5/38, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00455

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Draft of MINT00641 (Mint 19/2/443)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 3 August 1717, c. 410 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/436, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01946

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Holograph draft of MINT00474 (Mint 19/3/198), also dated 13 September 1723

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 September 1723, c. 231 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/145, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00475

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John Fountaine: The Examination of John Fountaine now in custody 26 September 1698

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 27 Sep 1698, c. 234 words.

Source: MINT 15/17/59, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01312

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Printed Title-page of the first Edition of the Commercium Epistolicum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1712, in Latin with some English, c. 1,527 words, 7 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 3r-9v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00346

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Treatise on Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,769 words, 49 pp. on 36 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 12, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00055

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Drafts of a response to John Perry's application to coin copper (Mint 19/2/306) and a recommendation of Charles Brattell for assay master (Mint 19/1/93)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: After 12 February 1713, c. 1,090 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/432, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01950

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