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26.

Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 29 February 1627/8

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.07, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00162

27.

Newton and Flamsteed. Remarks on an Article in Number CIX. of the Quarterly Review

Author: William Whewell

Source: Newton and Flamsteed. Remarks on an Article in Number CIX. of the Quarterly Review (Cambridge and London: 1836).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00092

28.

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Newton

Author: David Brewster

Source: ‘Newton, Sir Isaac’, Encyclopaedia Britannica 7th ed. (1842), pp. 175-181.

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00010

29.

Fair copy of the Memoir of Newton

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.01, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00145

30.

Chapter VII

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00102

31.

Letter from Thomas Mason (rector of Colsterworth) to John Conduitt, dated 23 March 1726/7

Author: Thomas Mason

Source: Keynes Ms. 134, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00032

32.

Draft letter to [Robert Brown?] concerning a proposed monument to Newton, dated 4 June 1729

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 131b, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00006

33.

Chapter XI

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00127

34.

Chapter XV

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00076

35.

'Miscellanea' (assorted notes and anecdotes concerning Newton)

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00168

36.

Letter to John Conduitt, 8 August 1730

Author: Nicolas Fatio de Duillier

Source: Keynes Ms. 96(F), King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00038

37.

Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard Fontenelle, dated 1 January 1727/8

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.11, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00155

38.

Chapter XII

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00128

39.

Letter from Bernard de Fontenelle to John Conduitt, dated 14 April 1727 (new style)

Author: Bernard de Fontenelle

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00149

40.

Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 26 June 1727

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.02, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00157

41.

Chapter XXII

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00083

42.

Notes on Newton's care for his mother

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.08, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00170

43.

'Review of Sir David Brewster's Life of Newton'

Author: Augustus De Morgan

Source: ‘'Review of Sir David Brewster's Life of Newton'’, North British Review, No. 23 (1855), pp. 307-38.

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00094

44.

Note on Newton's 'unpromising' infancy and (deleted) eulogy of Alexander Pope

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.16, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00178

45.

Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 13 February 1727/8

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.06, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00161

46.

Chapter XXVI

Author: David Brewster

Source: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: 1855).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00087

47.

Draft of a circular letter soliciting material for Conduitt's Life of Newton, dated 16 February 1728

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 131a, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00005

48.

Memoir of Newton, sent to Richard Mead in four instalments with covering letters, dated 26 June to 22 July 1727

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00158

49.

Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 15 July 1727

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.05, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00160

50.

Letter to John Conduitt concerning a proposed memorial to Newton, dated 16/27 September 1730

Author: Owen Swiny

Source: Keynes Ms. 131c, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00007

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