Catalogue Entry: MINT00563

Holograph draft of a royal warrant authorising payment to vendors of 5s. an ounce with the balance to follow

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/522, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

[A warrant was issued on 30 July 1711 in almost exactly the terms drafted by Newton: PRO, T52/25, p. 75 (printed in NC, 5: 182-3).]

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