* SECTION XI. 



DRAFTS OF FRAGMENTS OF CONDUITT'S INTENDED LIFE OF 

 SIR I. NEWTON. 



1. 42 pages, giving an account of Newton's life to the time of his 

 going to Cambridge. 



2. 35 J pages, containing a more finished copy of the same. [This 

 was intended to be followed by an account of the state of Philosophy 

 when Newton began his discoveries.] 



3. Four copies of suggestions addressed to some one from whom 

 Conduitt expected to obtain a popular account of the state of phi- 

 losophy when Sir I. Newton first appeared, and also a similar account 

 of his discoveries, and of the improvements that several persons have 

 made in various parts of them. 7| pages. 



4. 16 pages, relating to his life and work at Cambridge. 



5. 17 pages of Miscellanea, containing anecdotes, &c. 



6. 17 pages relating to Newton's character. 



7. 2 copies, each about 1 \ page, on his love and gratitude to his 

 mother. 



8. 2 pages on Sir I. Newton's manual dexterity. 



9. 2 copies of 2 pages, each on the same subject, illustrated by a 

 custom in the house of Austria. 



10. Paper with date 31st of August, 1726, containing 4 large 

 and 4 small pages, containing anecdotes of Newton, relating to 

 various times. 



11. 2 pages, containing an account of a conversation of Conduitt 

 with Newton, on Sunday the 7th March, 1724-5. 



12. 2 pages, containing various scraps from Newton's note-books. 



13. Scrap of 4 small pages, on Newton's dispute with Hook. 



14. Scrap of 2 small pages, in glorification of Newton. 



15. Scrap of 1 J large pages, containing rough notes relating to 

 Newton's last illness, and brief references to anecdotes. 



16. A compliment on Pope, 



17. Sketch of a preface. 



18. Extracts from Journal books of the R. Soc. relating to the 

 late Sir I. Newton with a letter from W. Rutty, R. S. Sec. to 

 Conduitt. 



Dates of what passed at the University (so endorsed by Conduitt). 



