Copy of letter to the Chester Mint requesting that animosity between individuals should not interrupt the running of that Mint

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 10/2/63v, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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To the Warden, Master Worker & Comptroll^r of the Mint at Chester

Gentlemen

Wee do hereby require & charge you that you forbear those animositys that are between you & do not suffer them to interrupt the regular & orderly proceedings att the Mint according to y^e Due Course thereof & particularly y^t you y^e Master & worker Mr Clarke & his assistant Lewis do produce & show their accounts to you y^e Warden & Controll^r or either of them as often as they shall require & do suffer them to inspect or have duplicates of them from time to time as they require for keeping them right and satisfying themselves & us about them whensoever we shall desire it & y^t all y^e sallerys w^ch are payable by The Warden by the Indenture of the Mint be paid by Mr Clarke to Mr Weddell y^r warden for y^e Vse of the severall Officers & Clarks by & with his directions to y^e officers themselves and not otherwise the Indenture requiring it so, & but for saveing trouble itt should have been so all along, we also direct that M^r Lewis be paid his sallary as Comptroll^r Clerke for such part of y^r last quarter as he did y^e Business off y^e Comptroll^r Clerke & y^e sallary no longer (his sallary since depending only on y^e Master Worker & that Mr Greenhill be paid the Intire sallary of Comptroll^r Clarke for so long as he hath or shall do y^e whole business of y^e Comptrollers Clerk & wee are not of opinion that any new Clerk be imposed on the Comtr^rs Office without further directions from hence these things we stricktly require of you as you will answer itt at yo^r Perrill

remaine

yo^r Loving friends

Is Newton

Tho Neale