Newton’s Mint Correspondence
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151.
Copy of letter recommending John Rollos for the newly vacant position of Assistant to the Chief Engraver
152.
Three partial holograph drafts similar to MINT00457 (Mint 19/3/56) but suggesting a compromise Newton has proposed to the Treasury, raising the Edinburgh Mint's allowance to £1,450 p.a.
153.
Report on copper coinage
154.
Detailed instructions on melting and description of London practice
155.
Copy of letter concerning the management of duties on stamped vellum
156.
Copy of letter concerning the present state of the Mint
157.
Copy of note concerning the work of Justus Brandshagen and James Hamilton in Scotland
158.
Copy of note requesting account of proposals for coining half-pence and farthings
159.
Letter from Newton to John Haldane regarding meeting requested in MINT01739
160.
Copy of note to the Officers of the Mint referring representations from various Bristolians concerning fraud impacting the revenue arising from tin
161.
Copy of note concerning payments of French current money to her Majesty's forces
162.
Copy of letter suggesting allowing gravers to maintain their skill through the production of medals
163.
Copy of order authorising expenses for the prosecution of clippers and counterfeiters following Sandford's memorial
164.
Response to a petition from Abel Slaney and partners to coin a further 700 tons of halfpence and farthings
165.
Letter concerning potential preventions of counterfeit money in the counties
166.
Letter from Newton to Edmund Halley, dated 14 March 1696/7
167.
Personal expenses of previous warden Benjamin Overton for the year ending 6 February 1690 [= 1691] for a warrant to deal with clippers and for being made a J.P. for Middlesex, Westminster, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Hertford, with a memorandum in Newton's hand
168.
The continued refusal of Stewart's executors to hand over money owed to the Edinburgh Mint has left them unable to carry on their business. Begs Newton to sort the mess out: 'All the officers of the Mint depend very much upon you in this matter'
169.
Letter concerning the melting of money in Scotland into ingots
170.
Copy of letter from Hercules Scott to Fauquier enquiring as to the opinion of Newton on earlier letters
171.
Copy of Treasury referral of order for a trial of the pix
172.
Copy of letter to the Chester Mint requesting an account of persons who received, borrowed or issued any money belonging to that Mint
173.
"Report of the Officers of the Mint about the tryall of the Pixes"
174.
Draft of a report on Brandshagen's and the Hamiltons' expense claims, specifying which of the expenses Newton considers justified
175.
Copy of note requesting a draft of an indenture for the Mint at Edinburgh
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