Catalogue Entry: MINT00874

Petition for a reward for informing against owners of illegal presses

Author: Thomas Dearsley (Watchmaker)

Source: MINT 19/1/462-3, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Endorsement dated 10 December 1720 by Charles Delafaye, Undersecretary of State, certifying that Dearsley's information led to successful prosecutions. On reverse: covering letter from Treasury dated 7 January 1720 [= 1721] referring the petition to the Mint.

Treasury letter (Mint 19/1/463v) printed in NC, 7: 118-19.

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