Copy of note accompanying the memorial of Henry Smithson relation to prosecutions of coiners

Author: William Lowndes (Secretary to the Treasury)

Source: T 27/21.170, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Officers of y^e. Mint ab^t. M^r. Smithson

Gent.

My Lord Treasurer Commands me to send You the enclosed Memoriall of Henry Smithson relating to severall Prosecutions against false Coine{illeg}|rs| together with an Acco^t. of his Charges in carrying on the same His Lordp is pleased to direct You to consider the Matters contained therein and let him have a true State thereof together with Your Opinion what is fit to be done thereupon I am &c^a. 16^th April 1714

W^m Lowndes

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P.S.

The Petiīoner having since the Writing of this Letter presented to my Lord another the same is here also enclosed for your Consideraīon & to he{illeg}|a|r him thereupon if you think fit.

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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