Biographical Materials about Newton (1700-1799)

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26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

Notes on Newton's suitability for canonisation if not deification

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.14, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00176

34.

French translation of Conduitt's memoir and of the report of Newton's funeral from the London Gazette

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00147

35.

Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle, dated 23 November 1727

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.10, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00154

36.

Drafts of various sections of the Memoir of Newton

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.02, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00146

37.

Suppressed preface to the Historia cœlestis britannica

Author: John Flamsteed

Source: RGO Ms. 1/32C, ff. 74-93, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00033

38.

Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle, dated 5 October 1727

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.08, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00152

39.

Letter to Professor Robert Smith, dated 16 January 1727/8

Author: Nicholas Wickins

Source: Keynes Ms. 137, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00035

40.

Account of Newton

Author: William Whiston

Source: A Collection of Authentick Records, pp. 1070-1082 (London: 1728).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00037

41.

Revised Memoir of Newton

Author: William Stukeley

Source: MS/142, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00001

42.

'Memorandums relating to Sir Isaac Newton'

Author: Abraham de Moivre

Source: Ms. 1075.7, Joseph Halle Schaffner Collection, University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00034

43.

Two letters from Humphrey Newton to John Conduitt, dated 17 January and 14 February 1727/8

Author: Humphrey Newton

Source: Keynes Ms. 135, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00033

44.

Account of Newton's manual dexterity

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.09, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00171

45.

Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle, c. 21 July 1727

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.06, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00150

46.

Three letters to John Conduitt concerning a proposed bust of Newton, dated 16 August, 12 October and 9 January 1729/30

Author: Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain

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

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00008

47.

Draft account of Newton's early life

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.03, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00166

48.

Letter from William Stukeley to John Conduitt, dated 22 July 1727

Author: William Stukeley

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.08, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00163

49.

Letter from Richard Mead to John Conduitt, dated 7 July 1727

Author: Richard Mead

Source: Keynes Ms. 136.04, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00159

50.

Account of a conversation between Newton and Conduitt

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.11, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00173

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