Draft of a report on Brandshagen's and the Hamiltons' expense claims, specifying which of the expenses Newton considers justified

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/263, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<263r>

To the R^t Hon^ble the Lords Comm^rs of his Maj^ties Treãry

May it please yo^r Lord^ps

In obedience to yo^r Lord^ps Order of Iune 17^th instant, upon the Petition of D^r Iustus Brandshagen, directing me to state the accounts of the Doctor & those of Thomas & Iames Hamilton in relation to S^r John Ereskin's Mine: I humbly represent that by the Warrant of his Royal Highness the Doctor was allowed 60^li & Iames Hamilton 30^li to enable the Doctor to provide some things in London & both of them to go down into Scotland to view & examin the said Mine; & after their arrival at Edinburgh the D^r was to be allowed 20^s per day & Iames Hamilton 10^s per day by the said Warrant during their stay in Scotland upon the said work, or so long as your Lord^ps should see cause to pay the said allowances. And that Thomas Hamilton was afterwards by a Warrant of the Lords Comm^ers of the Treasury allowed also 30^li to go to Scotland with his brother, & had a verbal promise, as I was then informed, to have the same allowance with his brother of 10^s per day. And that the two Hamilton's arrived at Edinburgh Sept 14^th & the Doctor Octob. 13^th last, & the Doctor & Thomas Hamilton left Edinburgh Feb. 19^th following to return into England, but Iames Hamilton went to Edinb Alloua to watch the Mine & see that no Ore be dug & carried away

By the said Warrant therefore the Doctor is to receive 129^li for 129 days beside 44^li 13^s 6^d paid by him to the two Hamiltons, & besides the charges he hath been at in clearing the Mine of rubbish, & providing iron tools for the labourers & timber to prop & secure the Mine, amounting to 8^li 12^s. 0^d, & besides his further charge of fitting up a Laboratory w^th furnaces, an Assay Table, Mortars, Sives, Charcoal, Pitcoal, Nitre & other things necessary for making the Assays, amounting to about 10^li; & the charge of seven fair copies of the Report on large paper for yo^r Lordships & others concerned, & of providing baggs & boxes for the Ore, amounting to 6^li. 8^s. 0^d. All which summs amount unto 19{illeg}|9|^li. 3^s. 6, whereof he hath received 150^li. And so there remains due to him 49^li. 3^s. 6.

By the same Warrant Iames Hamilton is to receive 79^li for 158 days, whereof he hath received of the Doctor 21^li 13^s. 3^d. And there remains due to him 57^li. {{illeg}|6|}^s 9^d.

And if Thomas Hamilton be allowed equally with his brother (for he went down upon that supposition, & was the most serviceable man of the three) there will be 79^li due to him on that account, whereof he hath received of the Doctor 23^li. 3^s. 3^d, & there remains due to him 55^li. 16^s. 9^d.

The total due to all three is 162^li. 10^s. 00^d, besides what yo^r Lord^ps shall see fit to allow to Iames Hamilton for his attendance at the Mine ever since Feb. 19^th to see that no Ore be dug & caried away untill he be discharged. |For w^ch service I conceive that 20^li may be a sufficient recompence if he be dismist immediately.|

All w^ch is most humbly submitted to yo^r Lord^ps great wisdome.

^[1]

Is. Newton

<263v>

Aug 15. 1717. Received then of S^r Isaac Newton the summ of fifty & five pounds, 16^s, 9^d, in full discharge of the account mentioned in the Report on the other side of this leafe. I say received the said summ by me

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55. 16. 9

ThoHamilton

Aug. 15. 1717. Received of S^r Isaac Newton the summ of fifty & seven pounds six shillings & nine pence in part of the Accounts mentioned in the Report on the other side. I say received the said summ by me

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57. 6. 9

Iames Hamilton

Aug 15. 1717. Received of S^r Isaac Newton the summ of forty pounds & four|teen| shillings in part of the Account mentioned on the other side in the Report. I say received the said summ of forty pounds & fourteen shillings by me

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40. 14. 0

Iustus Brandshagen

Aug. 31. 1717 Received of S^r Isaac Newton the further summm of fourteen Guineas in part of the twenty pounds to be further allowed me,

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15. {0|1|}. 0

Iames Hamilton

Octob. 16. 1717 Received of S^r Isaac Newton the further summ of four pounds & nineteen shillings in full of all accounts including 1^li 6^s 6^d due to M^r Haldane. I say received 4^li 19^s by me

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14^li. 19^s. 0

Iames Hamilto{n}

^[1] Mint Office.
27 Iune. 1717.