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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/39/16
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/93/16
TitleLetter. Professor John Robison (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield).
LevelItem
Date03 May 1797
DescriptionRequesting one of Sir Isaac Newton's letters from Mr B. Sir Isaac's extraction. [Matthew Boulton said that James Watt had some letters of Isaac Newton's to Nicholas Facio, which Robison would like to see. Robison wishes to prove Newton's Scottish ancestry]. (Partners no. 181)
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Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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