"Dr Newton's Oath as Warden of the Mint"

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: T 1/37.53, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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You shall swear that you will not reveal or discover to any person or persons whatsoever the new Invent{e}|i|on of Rounding the money & making the edges of them with letters or grainings or either of them directly or indirectly. So help you God.

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Isaac Newton

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Cha. Montague

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D^r Newton's Oath as Warden of y^e Mint

^[1] Iurat 2^do die {Maij}{May} 1696
cora nobis

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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