Copy of note requesting Sir Isaac Newton's presence and an account of how much tin remains in the Tower

Author: Charles Stanhope (Secretary to the Treasury)

Source: T 27/22.258, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<258> ^[1]

Gentlemen

The Lords Commissioners of his Majestys Treasury direct You to Attend him here on Thursday next about 10 a Clock in the forenoon & in the mean time to send their Lordships an Account how much Tinn remaines in the Tower & particularly how much of the last Quantity Ordered to be sold. I am &c 13 January 1717

C: Stanhope

^[1] Sir Isaac Newton about Tinn in the Tower

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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