Copy of charges of bringing gold from Portsmouth and melting it into ingots

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 1/8/58, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Charges of bringing her Majesties Gold from Portsmouth and melting it into Ingotts
The charges of the Officer of the Mint for riding 70 Post miles to Portsmouth	}	£	s:	d
	}	1:	15	0
Horse hire from Portsmouth		0:	18:	0
Expences on the Road and at Portsmouth		1–	1–	0
Boat hire to go on board the Man of Warr		0–	2–	0
	£	3––	16:	0
To the Carryer for bringing it up, and for Arming Men to guard it 5 Guineas	}	5:	7–	6
Charges of melting into Ingotts		.	16:	0
		9–	19–	6

Allowed the 4^th March 1705/6

I: Stanley

Is: Newton

In^o Ellis

^[1]

Received the 1s^t April 1706 Nine pounds three shillings six pence for the charges above mentiond, and 12 pounds 18^s mention'd in my Lord Treasurers Warrant by me

G Foord

£9. 3: 6
12. 18: 0	his reward
0: 16: 0	for melting
£22: 17: 6

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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