443)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/326, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Additional Information
- Notes on the Electronic Edition
  - You are currently reading the normalized version of this text. Normalized transcriptions provide a tidied-up view of the original text. Editorial interventions are applied to expand abbreviations and correct textual mistakes. Additions are silently included within the body text and deleted text is not displayed. Switching to the diplomatic view of this text will show 23 deletions, reveal 24 additions and not apply 12 editorial regularizations.
- Revision History
  - 1 January 2001
    - Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young
  - 29 September 2011
    - Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins
  - 13 May 2017
    - Transcribed by Will Scott, with retrofitting of normalized MINT00641
- Download MINT00642.xml and schema (advanced users only)
Related Texts
- This document is a version of:
  Recommend accepting Henry Hines' tender to supply copper [MINT 19/2/443]

<326r>

May it please your Lordships

In obedience to your Lordships Order of Reference to us of the Proposals for importing barrs of fine copper into his Majestys Mint for coyning of copper money we humbly represent that upon giving the Proposers a meeting, we find that the Mint may be supplied with such barrs for 19^d per pound weight Averdupois or under, but scarce under 18^d per pound weight taking back the scissel at the same price. The Master & Worker is willing to undertake the coynage out of those barrs at 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ ^{d} per pound weight & to defray all incident charges after a mint is set up except repairs of buildings. And except the payment of the kings Clerk if it be thought fit to have such an Officer; And so a pound weight of Copper may be cut into 23 or 24 pence.

Among the Proposers M^r Hind & Partner are willing to supply the Mint with barrs at 18^d per pound weight, & the specimen of Copper which he shewed to us is good & bears the Assay: & he is to bring in some barrs of such copper equally sized to be further examined.