Signed holograph draft of MINT00875 (Mint 19/1/464), also dated 1 March 1720/1

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/452, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<452r>

To the R^t Hon^ble the Lord Comm^ers of his Ma^ties Treary.

May it please yo^r Lord^ps

In obedience to yo^r Lord^ps order of Reference of 7^th Ian^ry upon the Petio|t|ion of Tho. Dearsly for a Reward for a Reward for discovering several Presses sufficient for coining of money: I humbly represent that all the persons taken up on this Information, pleaded that they used those their Presses in their lawfull trades & in the opinion of the Attorney General this plea was a sufficient excuse & the Presses could not be destroyed without a suspicion of coining. And therefore the men have been set at liberty without a tryall & their Presses delivered back to them, except one or two which belonged to a person who fled & was suspected of coining. And by this escape the men are encouraged to go on. The law appoints Rewards in some cases for prosecuting to conviction: but I know of no Precedent for rewarding the Petitioner & feare the consequence of making one in such cases.\a new Precedents./

All w^ch is most humbly submitted to yo^r Lorp|d|ps great wisdom.

^[1]

Is. Newton

^[1] Mint Office Mar. 1^st
172 $\frac{0}{1}$ .