Catalogue Entry: MINT01222

Copy of letter from Hercules Scott concerning waste in the Edinburgh Mint following the death of his brother, with an account of bullion brought into the Mint in Scotland

Author: Hercules Scott

Source: MINT 1/8/173, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

Printed in NC, 5: 316-8. Scott later corrected his account of the bullion in a letter in Mint 19/3/58-9, MINT00451, and pursued the matter further in a letter copied in Mint 1/8.174, MINT01223.

[1] Please direct for Me
Merchant in Edinburgh

[2] Much Honoured

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