Letter concerning the doings of Clark, Deputy Master of the Chester Mint

Author: Edmond Halley

Source: MM/5.42, Royal Society Library, London, UK

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<1r>

Chester August 2° 1697

|Ever| Honoured S^r

Our Adversary Clark went on Saturday afternoon for London with a resolution to loade the Warden and my self, with all the Calumnys he can: You see what weapons they fight with, and stick at nothing to compass their ends: he has taken Bowles along with him and Brown, who are I suppose to serve him on all occasions, as fr as their oaths will go. If need be, I begg you would interpose your protection, till we can be informed of any sort of accusation, and that we may be heard {illeg}|be|fore we are in any case judged. I hope your potent friend M^r Montague will not forgett me if their should be occasion, but as I am conscious to my self of no transgression, so I doubt not but to acqui{re}|tt| my self of any imputation their malice can invent. M^r Clark being gone, we begin to pay again, there having been but 3 days intermission.

I am

Honoured s^r

Your most faithfull serv^t.

Edm. Halley

<1v>

To the Honoured
Isaac Newton Esq^r
at his house in Iermyn Street
near S^t Iames's

These I
humbly present

^[1]

^[1] Dat Aug. 2