Conveys an order from the King to calculate the value of other English gold coins in proportion to the 21s. guinea, preparatory to the devaluation of the guinea from 21s.6d

Author: Edward Northey (Attorney General)

Source: MINT 19/2/117-18, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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it is by his majestys Commands I give you this trouble the Commons have addressed to his Ma^ty to reduce Guyneas from \one &/ twenty shillings & six to twenty one shillings & in proportion other Gold Coyn: there was a pclam. in King Charles the seconds time to raise the value of all gold Coyn as you will perceive by the inclosed it is his ma^tys {illeg} desire y^t {we}{now} you will be pleased to make the reduction of y^e other Coyns mentioned in the paper as they {we}|a|re to bear a pportion to Guineas & y^t you will be pleased to send it to my house in Essex Street this night or to morrow morning for his Ma^ty hath appointed a Council to sitt to morrow to receive the pclamation I am with the greatest respect

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Satt night 21^st dec 1717

Y^r most obedient humble
serv^t

Edw Northey

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For the Honourable S^r
Isaac Newton

These

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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