Clerical copy of a royal warrant authorising payment of Justus Brandshagen [advisor on King George's mines in Hanover] and James Hamilton while in Scotland to inspect the mine at Alva

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/255, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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By his Royal Highness the Prince Guardian of the Kingdom

George P: C: R

We in his Majestys Name do hereby will & require You by Virtue of his Majestys General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date the 29^th. day of Sept^r: 1714. to Issue & Pay or cause to be Issued & paid out of any his Majestys Treasure being & remaining the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the Vses of the Civil Government unto Iustus Brandshagen & James Hamilton or their respective Assigns the Sum of 90^li: without Account in manner following That is to say To the said Iustus Brandshagen the sum of 60^li: & to the said James Hamilton the Sum of 30^li which Sums are paid to the said respective Persons who are recommended to his Majesty as skilled in the Working of Mines to Enable them immediately to go down to Scotland to work or try the Working of a Silver Mine lately discovered there: And We do also in his Majestys Name Will & require You by Virtue of the Same Letters of Privy Seal & out of the like Treasure to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Iustus Brandshagen or his Assigns an Allowance after the Rate of 20^sh: per diem & to the said James Hamilton or his Assigns an Allowance after the rate of 10^sh. per diem from the day or days they shall respectively arrive at Edinburgh for & during such time as they shall respectively continue to abide in Scotland upon the said Work Or You shall see Cause to pay the said respective Allowances to them or either of them in Consideration of their or either of their service & application to the said Work & the Testimony which You shall receive thereof And for so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given at his Majestys Court at Hampton Court the 20^th: day of August 1716 in the 3^d. Year of His Majestys Reign.

^[1]

By his Royal Highness Command

R:Walpole

Will S^t. Quentin

Torrington.

R: Edgcumbe.

^[1] the Commissioners of his Majestys Treasury