Catalogue Entry: MINT00473
Holograph drafts of various paragraphs of a memorandum on the Edinburgh Mint
Contents
Coinage duty was not collected properly in Scotland in 1707-10, and not collected at all thereafter. No accounts have been received from the Edinburgh Mint for 12 years. Details of bookkeeping procedure in the London Mint and the importance of harmonising Edinburgh practice with this.
On reverse: fragmentary historical notes in Latin on ancient kings.
Related Material
[See T. 1/235.47, MINT01008, Newton to Treasury, dated 20 October 1721 (printed in NC, 7: 174-5), in which Newton states 'I hear his Lord[shi]p [Lauderdale] is ready to make up the account'.]
