PERHAPS THE LARGEST AND MOST BOLD ISAAC NEWTON SIGNATURE IN THE WORLD !
Newton, Sir Isaac.
Document boldly signed (“Isaac Newton”), consisting of four membranes
of vellum stitched at the foot (35.5 x 28.25 in.; 902 x 718 mm.), 7 September 1720, being an
indenture between Paul Calton Senior, Paul Calton Junior, his son and heir and Sir Isaac Newton
for the purchase by the latter of property at Milton in Berkshire, England.
Sir Isaac Newton purchases land in his waning years.
In the present document, the great mathematician and physicist purchases land from the Calton
family in Milton, a village and a parish in Berkshire. The village stands near a small affluent of
the river Thames. Newton boldly signs the document with a particularly large signature in keeping with the oversized indenture. Newton never lived on the parcel of land. Toward the end of his life,Newton lived at Cranbury Park, near Winchester, England, with his niece, Catherine
Bancroft Conduitt, and her husband, John Conduitt. By this time, Newton had become one
of the most famous men in Europe. His scientific discoveries were unchallenged. He also
had become wealthy, investing his sizable income wisely and bestowing sizable gifts to charities.
