76 Autograph Manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton. 



corresponded on the subject of the Prophecies of Daniel, so early 

 as the year 1691 ; and that the " Historical Account of Two 

 Notable Corruptions of the Scriptures," which M. BIOT supposes 

 NEWTON to have written about the year 1712 or 1713, when he 

 was upwards of 70, was actually composed and transmitted to 

 LOCKE (by whom it was forwarded to LE CLERC for the purpose 

 of being translated into French) in the year 1690, prior to the 

 alleged period of his insanity, and when he was only 48 years of 

 age. 



