"Report on the Petition of John Walker, creditor of Justus Brandshagen for £10."

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: T 1/247.53, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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- This document is a reply to:
  Petition for £10 borrowed from him in Edinburgh by the late Justus Brandshagen, whose daughter claims that at his death the Government owed her father over £100 for his work at Alva [MINT 19/3/243]

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Lords Comm^rs of his Maj^ties Treasury

May it please yo^r Lord^ps

In obedience to yo^r Lord^ps Order of Reference of May 11^th instant upon the Petition of M^r Iohn Walker, I humbly represent that D^r Iustus Brandshagen received 60^li before his going down into Scotland to survey S^r Iohn Ereskins Mine, & this was for bearing the charges of his journey into Scotland & back again & some other incident charges there, as may appear by your Lord^ps Warrants to the Earl of Halifax dated 5^th Sept. 1716 & 24 Iuly 1617 {sic} for issuing out moneys upon this service. And that the said Iustus Brandshagen was further paid 129^li for 129 days after the rate of 20^s per diem during his stay in Scotland upon this service & 25^li in discharge of bills for clearing the Mine of rubbish, fitting up a place for making the assays & some other incident charges there. He & Tho. Hamilton left Scotland on Feb. 18^th 171 $\frac{6}{7}$ , & he gave in the Report to your Lorp|d|p^s concerning the Mine 71 days after, viz^t on Apil {sic} 29 1717. And when he gave in his Accounts to yo^r Lord^ps, which was on May 17^th following, he demanded 20^s per diem for those 71 days; but it was not allowed him, the Princes Warrant limiting that allowance to the time of his stay in Scotland upon the service of the Mine. He received therefore only 214^li. And when I paid him the last part of this summ (w^ch was on Aug. 26, 1717,) he gave me a receipt in full of all accounts.

The 71^li set down by D^r Brandshagen in the first of the three Articles annexed to M^r Walkers Petition, as due to him, was therefore not due to him. And the same is to be understood of the 35^li 10^s set down in the second Article as due to Tho. Hamilton. The 6^li 18^s in the third Article should be 6^li 8^s; And this summ hath been already paid to D^r Brandshagen. And I know of nothing more due to them from the crown then what they have already received. {sic} & given r|R|eceipts for in full of their accounts.

All which is most humbly submitted to yo^r Lord^ps great wisdome

Mint Office.
May 18. 1724.

Isaac Newton

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Report

on the Petition of Iohn Walker Creditor of Iustus Brandshagen for 10^li. 10^s. 0^d.

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