RefNo | MM/5/42 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Edmond Halley, Chester, to Isaac Newton |
Date | 2 August 1697 |
Description | Halley defends himself against unspecified trangessions, made against him by others at the Chester Mint.
It appears Halley and the Deputy Warden, Weddall, were accused by Lewis and Clarke (a Clerk and the Deputy Master respectively) of charges about the composition of the melt, the purchase of Silver and of treasonable words. |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | See Alan Cook, <i>Edmun Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas</i>, Oxford, 1997, pp249-253 Colour tiff, Richardiii/Images general Tiffs/Halley E, IM 005480. IM/005480 |
Copies | Colour tiff |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |