Letter from Newton to John Grigsby concerning a South Sea stock dividend
Pray pay to Dr Francis Fauquier the three per cent Dividend due on my two thousands five hundred pounds south sea stock at Midsummer last past, & his Receipt shall be your discharge from
1st Sept. 1713 Your humble servant Isaac Newton To Mr. John Grigsby Accomptant General to the South Sea Company
Source
Ms. 425, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA1 September 1713, c. 53 words.