Biographical Materials about Newton (1700-1799)
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26.
Drafts of various sections of the Memoir of Newton
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: mid-1727, in English, c. 4,299 words, 20 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 129.02, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00146
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27.
Memoir of Newton, sent to Richard Mead in four instalments with covering letters, dated 26 June to 22 July 1727
Author: William Stukeley
Metadata: 24 June-15 July 1727, in English, c. 7,275 words, 17 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 136.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00158
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28.
Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 16 January 1727/8
Author: William Stukeley
Metadata: 16 Jan. 1727/8, in English, c. 219 words, 1 p.
Source: Keynes Ms. 136.01, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00156
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29.
Three drafts of a letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle offering him Conduitt's Memoir of Newton, and draft of a letter from Conduitt to Horace Walpole
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: 27 March 1727, in French, c. 971 words, 5 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 129.04, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00148
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30.
Draft account of Newton's early life
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: 1727, c. 5,045 words, 43 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00166
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31.
Notes on Newton's suitability for canonisation if not deification
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: c. 1727-8, c. 207 words, 2 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.14, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00176
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32.
Account of Newton
Author: William Whiston
Metadata: 1728, in English, c. 3,566 words, 13 pp.
Source: A Collection of Authentick Records, pp. 1070-1082 (London: 1728).
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00037
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33.
Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle, dated 5 October 1727
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: 5 Oct. 1727, in French, c. 422 words, 3 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 129.08, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00152
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34.
French translation of Conduitt's memoir and of the report of Newton's funeral from the London Gazette
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: 4 April 1727, in French, c. 4,188 words, 27 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 129.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00147
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35.
'Memorandums relating to Sir Isaac Newton'
Author: Abraham de Moivre
Metadata: November 1727, in English, c. 1,190 words, 5 pp.
Source: Ms. 1075.7, Joseph Halle Schaffner Collection, University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00034
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36.
Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 26 June 1727
Author: William Stukeley
Metadata: 26 June 1727, in English, c. 277 words, 1 p.
Source: Keynes Ms. 136.02, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00157
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37.
Draft of a circular letter soliciting material for Conduitt's Life of Newton, dated 16 February 1728
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: 16 Feb. 1728, in English, c. 292 words, 3pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 131a, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00005
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38.
Suppressed preface to the Historia cœlestis britannica
Author: John Flamsteed
Metadata: 1717, in English, c. 12,657 words, 22 pp.
Source: RGO Ms. 1/32C, ff. 74-93, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00033
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39.
Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 15 July 1727
Author: William Stukeley
Metadata: 15 July 1727, in English, c. 181 words, 1 p.
Source: Keynes Ms. 136.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00160
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40.
Letter to John Conduitt, dated 26 August 1730
Author: Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
Metadata: 26 August 1730, in English, c. 1,148 words, 1 p.
Source: Keynes Ms. 96(H), King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00040
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41.
Letter to Professor Robert Smith, dated 16 January 1727/8
Author: Nicholas Wickins
Metadata: 16 Jan 1727/8, in English, c. 735 words, 3 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 137, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00035
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42.
Draft account of Newton's life at Cambridge
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: c. 1727-8, c. 2,053 words, 16 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.04, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00167
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43.
Two letters from Humphrey Newton to John Conduitt, dated 17 January and 14 February 1727/8
Author: Humphrey Newton
Metadata: 17 January and 14 February 1727/8, in English, c. 2,182 words, each 4 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 135, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00033
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44.
'Miscellanea' (assorted notes and anecdotes concerning Newton)
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: after 13 May 1730, c. 3,037 words, 17 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00168
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45.
Preface to 'A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy'
Author: Henry Pemberton
Metadata: 1728, in English, c. 2,762 words, 10 pp.
Source: A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy (London: 1728).
Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00035
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46.
Letter from Bernard de Fontenelle to John Conduitt, dated 14 April 1727 (new style)
Author: Bernard de Fontenelle
Metadata: 14 April 1727 (New Style), in French, c. 546 words, 3 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 129.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00149
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47.
Notes on Newton's dispute with Robert Hooke
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: c. 1727-8, c. 382 words, 4 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.13, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00175
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48.
Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 29 February 1627/8
Author: William Stukeley
Metadata: 29 Feb. 1727/8, in English, c. 201 words, 1 p.
Source: Keynes Ms. 136.07, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00162
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49.
Account of Newton's manual dexterity
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: c. 1727-8, c. 1,473 words, 8 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.09, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00171
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50.
Four draft plans for 'An Account of the State of Philosophy in general when Sr Isaac Newton first appeared'
Author: John Conduitt
Metadata: c. 1727-8, c. 1,062 words, 8 pp.
Source: Keynes Ms. 130.01, King's College, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00164
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