Report on the Edinburgh Mint

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Earle of Godolphin Lord High Treasurer.

May it please yo^r Lord^p

According to yo^r Lord^ps verbal order to lay before yo^r Lord^p Memorials of what may be requisite for setting on foot the coynage in Scotl{illeg}|a|nd with Expedition; I humbly represent that upon being informed that there is but one Clerk in the Mint at Edinburgh for rating & standarding, that for want of more C{illeg}|l|erks errors are sometimes committed & the silver not rightly standarded, that their assaying & rating & standarding & way of book-keeping differ from ours & must be set right, & that none of their chief Officers have yet acquainted themselves with our practise, I have spoke w^th D^r Gregory Professor of Astronomy at Oxford (as I acquainted yo^r Lord^p) & with one of the Clerks of the Mint in the Tower about going to that Mint to instruct their Officers & Clerk & assisting them in their business till Michaelmas next, {sic} so that the coynage may be there speedily & duly set on foot: And if yo^r Lord^p approves thereof, I humbly propose that for setling this matter, a suitable recompence for that service may be appointed, the consideration thereof (if yo^r Lord^p pleases) being first referred to such persons as yo^r Lord^p shall thi{illeg}|n|k fit.

And whereas Dyes & perhaps Pu{illeg}|nc|h{illeg}|e|ons are to be sent from hence till such time as the work of the Graver of that Mint shall be approved, I further \humbly/ propose that the prizes of those things may be also referred & setled.

All w^ch is most humbly submitted to

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Yo^r Lord^ps great wisdome

Is. N{ewton}