Copy of letter to the Chester Mint with instructions concerning a levy on the salary of the deputy porter there

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 10/2/38v, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<38v>

To the officers at y^e Mint at Chester

Gentl^m.

M^r. Richard Dallow the Porter of our Mint having admitted Edward Webb to be his Deputy In yo^r Mint on Condicon expressed in a bond, That the said Deputy should deduct & pay out of each quarters Sallary 59^s: to Rich^d Dallow aforesaid, And there being two Quarter's Sallary or 5^L. become due & payable at Chras last to the said Richard Dallowe. We direct you to Stop the paym^t. of the whole Chras Quarter. & if payd, to recover the sume of 5^l. in the most convenient manner

We are

Gentl^m.

^[1]

Yo^r. very Loving Freinds {sic}

Is: Newton

^[2]

Tho: Neale

Cha: Mason

^[1] London Mint office
May 15: 97

^[2] A Box of $\frac{1}{2}$ Cro. & 14 Shill was sent you this day by Iames {Pengue}

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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