Catalogue Entry: MINT00414
Correspondence between Newton and James Mountague [Queen's Counsel] regarding the Edinburgh Mint's finances
Contents
(a) [c. November 1708.] Newton to Mountague. Holograph original. Summary of the financial arrangements of the Edinburgh Mint, with two queries as to whether the commissioners can be paid out of pre-Union Scottish coinage duty, and who should give authority for such payment.
(b) 7 December 1708. Mountague to Newton (in Mountague's hand). The commissioners' fees should be met from the Equivalent, not coinage duty; the amount payable should be determined by the Treasurer, and authority for the release of this sum given by the Commissioners for the Equivalent..
