'An Account of the Tin remaining unsold in the Tower, in Holland, & at Hamburgh, Octob. 25. 1715', with an appended note, presumably to the Treasury, dated 26 October

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/541, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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An Account of the Tin remaining unsold in the Tower, in Holland, & at Hamburgh, Octob. 25. 1715.

There was\remained/ in the Tower 1742^Tuns. 4^C. 0^gr|d|. 5^{{L}{d}w^t} which at 76^li per Tunn (being the price it is now sold at) will make . . . . . . . . . .|13247^li. 7^s. 4^d|

There was sent into Holland \in the hands of M^r Beranger/ 1600^Tuns, which at 80^li per Tun comes to . . . . . . 128000^li

Out of w^ch summ must be deducted what he\M^r Beranger/ was paid to M^r {Anstis} upon acc^t being

(as appears by his Acc^ts) – – –		1950	}	75500
And to M^r Neo{illeg}\|ico\| – – – –		2000
And what {the}{M^r}\he Beranger/ has advanced by way of anticipation —	}	54000
	And there remains–				52500.0.0
There was also \at Hamburgh/ in the hands of M\|S\|^r Iohn Lambert & Captain Gibbon 960 Tunns, which at 80^li per Tu\|o\| — — 76800^li
Out of w^ch must be deducted what they have advanced by way of anticipation			}	14000
	And there remains –				62800.0.0
And the summ total of the three Acc^ts is –					247709\|7\|.7.4

M^r Beranger & S^r Iohn Lambert are to have an Interest at the rate of 5 per cent to be recooped from what they sell w^ch must be deducted from this summ as also\as also the charges of the Management. And what the Agents have in Cornwall must be deducted./

Is. Newton

^[1]

The Agents in Cornwal had in their hands at Christmas last about 397 Tuns, to which \if/ the Christmas, Lady day & Midsummer coynages must be added, & if from the summ be deducted 951^Tuns 16^{illeg}|C| 3^gr|d| 20^℔ sent from Cornwall to y^e Tower; the remainder will be the quantity now in Cornwall to be added to the former account viz^t

^[1] Mint Office Octob. 2{9}|6|. 1715.