Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing Isaac Newton c. 405 words Newton Project London 2019 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 c. 1713-1714, c. 405 words. Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing [MINT 19/2/333]Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing [MINT 19/2/324] MINT 19/2/364, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/364 c. 1713-1714 England English Holograph MintCopper Coinage Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Kees-Jan Schilt

The Master receives money out of yethe Treasury for paying for copper coynage & incident charges, for wchwhich ishe is charged by his receipt.

The master receives blanks by Tunns & pays for the same according to contracts made between the Officers of yethe Mint & the blank-maker & is dischardgd of so much money & charged wthwith so many Tunns of blanks by the blank-makers receipts.

The Master delivers so many Tunns of Copper to the Queens order for ready money & is discharged thereof by the receipsts of that oOrder. And the farthings are told & put into baggs by tale & the tale mentioned in the receipts. And the Master pays the money into yethe TrearyTreasury & takes receipts or Tallys for it.

The Master makes up all theis account of moneys & Tinuns of Tin by those receipts & is isallowed in the account for coynage & for trouble & hazzards in charges discharges & making up the account, & incident charges.

The farthings are being deliveddelivered by weight are told & out into& tale in 50s & 5£ & 10£ & baggs & &c deliveddelivered in the baggs to yethe Queens Order the Queens order to whomsoever will receive them at yethe yethe encourgementencouragement allowed to yethe Receiver wchwhich may be about or 3 pr cent put into every bag over & above the just tale, the Receiver paying for the same at the time of the Receipt: And yethe account to be made up by himthe Master who receives delivers the Copper & receives money for it he being charged wthwith the tale by yethe receipts given to the Master of the Mint & discharged by the paymtpayment of so much money to yethe Treasury.

NB That the baggs or some of them may be weighed after telling to see how the weight & tale agree, & & how exact the clerks are in telling, & where any suspicion of error occurrs the bagg may be told over again

NB That the Assaymaster may be appointed to view the farthings wnwhen coyned & brought up to be weighed & delivered & to examin such as he most suspects to be bad metal.

NB that the MrMaster coyn only so many Tunns as shall from time to time be bespoke by people who will receive them & pay ready money for them upon so soon as they are coyned.

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