Catalogue Entry: MINT00470

Response to Lauderdale's request for an advance of £2,400 to the Edinburgh Mint

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 14 [altered from 7(?)] October 1718, c. 700 words

Source: MINT 19/3/107-8, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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The Edinburgh Mint receives too much as it is: £1,800 should be ample. Suggests Lauderdale should be given personal authority to release money for expenses and salaries, and in the event of his having insufficient funds should pay the former first.

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Printed in NC, 7: 6-7.