Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/83/10
Title
Receipt from Sydney C. Cockerell, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum for the loan of a letter by Isaac Newton
Date(s)
- 27 Jan. 1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Acknowledges receipt of a Newton letter dated 3 July 1684. With later note below, 'Received again by Trinity 20 Mar. 1990. DMcK [David McKitterick, Librarian of Trinity College].
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Newton note part of the Cullum autograph collection.
Notes area
Note
The borrowed Newton item is identified as part of the Cullum bequest [the Cullum autograph collection]. The note is signed by Newton and recommends Captain [Daniel] Newhouse's proposed book 'The whole Art of Navigation'. The verso contains a similar… read more