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Catalogue Entry: MINT00772

Original royal warrant to James Girard, engraver of seals, to make a silver seal for the governor of the Bahamas, with specifications of the design and inscriptions

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 12 March 1722/3, c. 222 words

Source: MINT 19/3/468, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

Contents

A preliminary version made of lead should be supplied for immediate use if the silver one 'cannot be prepared so soon as there will be occasion to make use thereof'.

[1] Seals to be Engraved for the Bahama Islands.

[2] To Our Trusty and Welbeloved James Gerrard Gentleman Engraver of our Seals.

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