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  <dc:title>Letter from Edmond Halley, Chester, to Isaac Newton</dc:title>
  <dc: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.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>2 August 1697</dc:date>
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