John Ignatius Lawson's Letter to Isaac Newton

Author: John Ignatius Lawson

Source: MINT 15/17/131, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Iohn Ignatius Lawson's Letter to Is: Newton Esq^r

Hono^rd. S^r

I hope yo^r honour will consider my Circumstances w^th. compassion and be mercifull to me in this miserable condicon I throw my self wholy at yo^r. feet wⁿ at liberty since my Imprisonm^t. here the Taylor and a woman his Confederate hath run away with all my goods starved one of my Children to death and sent the rest a begging both sending me word that they durst not come near me if they a{n}d you would committ them to prison w^th me under this pretence thay have stoln every pennyworth of effects that I have and have forced me to live w^th. a pennyworth of bread 4 days If you please to accept of what I am capable to effect I shall own my self indebted to your honour for all I passes me and mine ever give our prayers for you so long as wee live as soon as you have done with me I shal withdrew my self to a forreign countrey I hope your honour what spite and Mallice so carryd on ag^t. me by perjury & tellingyour hono^r. a thousand lyes to exasperate you ag^t. me I hope God will put it into your honoures heart and take me into yo^r favour who shall ever study to oblige you

Since my being m^r chandler hath feigned himself mad pulling his shirt his shirt to pieces and running stark naked at midnight abo^t. the Ward for $\frac{1}{2}$ an hour togeather afterwards the men bound him hand and foot in his bed but now he seems more raconall and says y^t he hears very good newes y^t they cannot bring any Indictm^t ag^t. him and he questions not but slip out this Sessions as he hath done 5 times before farther he adds that if you make void his pardon he is affraid of one Taylor an Engrav^r. and says there is mrs Coffee in London but she will be ript up and dyes before she confess any thing I have conversed w^th. M^r Carter who sayes that he can bring Witnes enought {sic} ag^t him for things acted last summer & how y^t M^r Abbot and Chandler used to mix Zink and Tin togeather to make shills off and how they had there Dyes in a screw box like a large pepper box and how y^t they was to {ware} y^m. with {le}ave silver If Chandler can be kept till next sessions after this I am sureabbot will be taken if it be kept private

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yo^r hon^rs humble serv^t

Iohn Ingnatius Lawson

Newgate Wednesd Noon

^[1] 131

^[2] I shall think my self happy to see yo^r
hono^r