Biographical Materials about Newton (1700-1799)

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1.

Account of Newton's funeral from "The London Gazette", No. 6569

Author: Unknown

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.12, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00002

2.

Draft letter from John Conduitt to Bernard de Fontenelle, dated 31 July 1727

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.07, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00151

3.

Letter to John Conduitt, 12 August 1730

Author: Nicolas Fatio de Duillier

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

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00039

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Letter from Bernard de Fontenelle to John Conduitt, dated 15 November 1727 (new style)

Author: Bernard de Fontenelle

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.09, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00153

8.

'Plan of Education, for a young Prince' (part 1), from "Fog's Weekly Journal", No. 195

Author: Andrew Michael Ramsay

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.14, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00004

9.

Eye-witness account of Newton's death

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.15, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00177

10.

'Remarks on Sr Is. Newton', with a covering letter to John Conduitt

Author: William Derham

Source: Keynes Ms. 133, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00031

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Revised Memoir of Newton

Author: William Stukeley

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

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00001

14.

Notes on Newton's character

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.07, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00169

15.

Letter reacting to Newton's death, from "Mist's Weekly Journal", No. 103

Author: Unknown

Source: Keynes Ms. 129.13, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00003

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

Anecdotes about Newton from various sources

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.10, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00172

21.

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

22.

Account of Newton's life before going to university

Author: John Conduitt

Source: Keynes Ms. 130.02, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00165

23.

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

24.

The Life of Sir Isaac Newton

Author: Bernard de Fontenelle

Source: The Life of Sir Isaac Newton. With an Account of his Writings (London: 1728).

Newton Catalogue ID: OTHE00036

25.

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

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