Holograph draft written as from George Allardes to Treasurer (and signed 'George Allardes' in Newton's hand) Isaac Newton c. 304 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 4 December 1707, c. 304 words.

Clerical copy of the finished memorandum, in Allardes' name, undated, in PRO, Mint 1/8, p. 151.

Allardes has hitherto forwarded payment to moneyers for their extraordinary expenses and requests that he be allowed to enter these sums in his own accounts. Supplementary draft paragraph requesting that expenses arising from melting, hitherto born by the moneyers, be met from the Equivalent.

 MINT 19/3/119, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/119 4 December 1707 England English Holograph MintEdinburgh Mint Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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To the Right HonbleHonourable the Earl of Godolphin LdLord High Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yoryour LordspLordship

Vpon a memorial of Mr Drummond Warden of her MajtiesMajesties Mint at Edinburgh & a Report made thereupon made by the Officers of her MajtiesMajesties Mint in the Tower of London, her MajtyMajesty having been pleased by her Warrant dated 12 of Iuly last12 to send Moneyers from the Mint in the Tower to Mint at Edinburgh wthwith an allowance of 9d per pound weight Troy for the coynage of silver money there at Edinburgh, besides horses, hors-meat, hors-keepers fire & alume for their use & the charges of their journey thither & back & a weekly maintenance during their stay there when theirre is not work sufficient to maintain them there; I have hitherto advanced money for these services that the coynage might receive no stop. But these charges being extraordinary except the 9d per lwttpound weightt, I humbly pray that they may be allowed to mein my accounts as incidental charges, & that moneys may be imprest to me from the ReceiverCollector of the coynage moneysBullion for bearing these same charges untill my accounts can be stated.

All wchwhich is most humbly submitted to yoryour

LordspsLordships great wisdome

George Allardes.

4 Decembr 1707.

And I further whereas by order of her MajtsMajestys Council in Scotland I have hitherto melted the old moneys into Ingots to be recoyned & the charges thereof this cannot regularly be defrayed out of the moneys belonging to the Mint & by order of her Majts Council in Scotland& & to be allowed prper lwttpound weightt for yethe same melting melting & theis charge ought to be born by the Importer I humbly pray yoryour LordpsLordships Order for the paymenst of thise chargesufficient out of the equivalent. All