Petitions for a licence to coin £180,000 in copper and criticises Newton's specimen copper coins as being made of inferior copper and given a high artificial gloss which will soon wear off

Author: James Bertie

Metadata: 4 March 1713/14, c. 420 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/385-6, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00610

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102.

Proposal to raise the price of tin to £6 a hundredweight, with calculations of the profit this would generate. The Dutch cannot have much tin in the East Indies or they would be exporting it in quantity already

Author: John Williams

Metadata: Before August 1705?, c. 247 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/532, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00685

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103.

Proposals for new sets of check weights and new gold and silver trial plates to be made for both London and Edinburgh

Author: John Stanley

Metadata: 23 March 1706 [= 1707], c. 564 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/72-3, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00355

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104.

Letter from Isaac Newton to Treasury, dated 27 February 1712/13

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 27 February 1712/13.

Source: T/29, 29, 45, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01789

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105.

Estimated charges for handling tin

Author: Tobias Dixon

Metadata: c. October 1710, c. 85 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/481, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00682

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106.

Letter from Mint to Treasury, dated c. April 1702

Author: Mint

Metadata: c. April 1702.

Source: Mint 1/7/30, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01820

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107.

Detailed list of supplies to be sent to Edinburgh and their prices

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 12 April 1707, c. 338 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/70, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00356

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108.

Proposes £30 p.a. for senior engraver Croker to maintain [Francis] Beresford, who has completed his apprenticeship [see MINT00078 (Mint 19/1/165) and MINT00079 (Mint 19/1/155-6)]

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 26 June 1722, c. 105 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/151, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00096

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109.

Holograph preparatory notes, followed by draft letter, in response to a petition from the engravers

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Mid-1706, c. 581 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/158, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00073

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110.

In response to a petition from the Edinburgh master, recommends renewal of the indenture of the Edinburgh Mint of 17 November 1718 and the release of £2,100 for the Edinburgh Mint's expenses

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 September 1723, c. 209 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/198, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00474

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111.

Response to the petition of the former Edinburgh bullion clerk William Hamilton, referred by the Treasury to the London Mint

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: After 26 May 1715, c. 339 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/199, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00465

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112.

Recommendations regarding currency control

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 20 January 1701, c. 359 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/139, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00270

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113.

Report on the assay and weighing of five new denominations of Portuguese gold coin and recommendation of the values they should pass at in Ireland

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c.10 November 1725, c. 447 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/229, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00518

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114.

Complaint about encroachments on Mint jurisdiction

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 20 July 1715, c. 332 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/407, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00823

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115.

Application for the post of weigher and teller, with details of his previous service

Author: Hopton Haynes

Metadata: Mid-1701, c. 226 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/112, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00042

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116.

Copy of warrant to produce medals in memory of great actions

Author: Treasury

Metadata: 26 Mar 1716, c. 562 words.

Source: MINT 1/8/113, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01200

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117.

Detailed list of grievances against Lord Lucas (Lieutenant of the Tower) and his staff

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Before 27 July 1697, c. 1,749 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/409-10, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00813

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118.

Reply to a Treasury enquiry about copper coinage techniques

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 15 November 1714, c. 869 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/363, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00625

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119.

Report on a proposal by Charles Tunnah and William Dale to coin 1,000 tons of halfpence and farthings from an artificial metal similar to gold

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 23 January 1713/14, c. 395 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/435, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00609

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120.

In support of a protest by the Corporation of Moneyers against Wood's licence to coin [MINT00508 (Mint 19/2/460-61)]

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 21 or 29 [date altered and not clearly legible] January 1722/3, c. 299 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/464, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00509

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121.

Recommend rejection of Robert Ball's tender to handle tin, his price being far too low to cover transport, insurance and other expenses

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 2 February 1711, c. 301 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/556, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00714

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122.

Letter from Isaac Newton to Treasury, dated 12 August 1719

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 12 August 1719.

Source: R.4.48, no. 10, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT01801

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123.

Response to MINT00454 (Mint 19/3/23-8)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1715-16, c. 553 words.

Source: MINT 19/3/56, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00457

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124.

Warrant to lend Hines a cutter for use on copper bars

Author: Treasury

Metadata: 11 September 1717, c. 158 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/341, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00649

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125.

In response to a verbal order, a detailed account of Newton's proposed method of coining copper from rolled bars, the requisite staff and their respective duties

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: May 1717, c. 557 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/356, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00633

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