Copy of letter permitting the altering of the smith shop of the Chester Mint

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 10/2/69v, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<69v> ^[1]

Mint office 22°. Febr. 1697

{S^r}

We have considered of yo^r. Letter & of the Charges you say the King will be putt to by altering the Smith's Shopp yo^r. Letter doth menton, but seeing there is noe other Convenien{c}y|t| way nor place for the Melter, We doe hereby, direct you to lett him have the Said Shopp, & to suffer him to make Such Alteracons as well be necessary for his Worke; the Mony^r. much in the meane time make Shift with th' other old Shopp: This is what we thought fitt to order you at present. who are

S^rs.

Yo^r. loving Freinds {sic}.

Is. Newton

Tho: Neale

Tho: Molyneux

^[2]

^[1] M^r. Clarke & M^r. Halley

^[2] To M^r. Tho: Clarke & Edmond Halley Officer's of his Maj^ties. Mint at Chester

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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