Response to <ref target="/catalogue/record/MINT00454">MINT00454</ref> (Mint 19/3/23-8) Isaac Newton c. 553 words The Newton Project Oxford 2016 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1715-16, c. 553 words. Treasury

Printed in NC, 6: 263-4.

Dismisses the Edinburgh Mint's claim for extra funding, asserting that it includes spurious expenses and salaries for now-redundant posts, and pleads for special treatment which the London Mint does not receive and so would contravene the Act of Union.

 MINT 19/3/56, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/56 1715-16 England English Holograph Unknown Hand Unknown Hand (1) MintEdinburgh Mint MintCorrespondence Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott Will Scott finished transcription

To the RtRight HonbleHonourable the Lords CommrsCommissioners of his MatsMajestys Treasury

May it please your Lords

I have perused the Memorial of the concerning the Mint in Scotland & humbly represent that Dr Gregory was sent down into Scotland to assist in regulating that Mint during the time of the Recoinage only as appears by his Report annexed to the Memorial, & that the three new Clerks were proposed by me to assist the Officers on during that service & no longer & are now superfluous, & And t in the copy of Mr Montgomeries Indenturewere in the Treasury werare omitted, & that some other salaries to yethe value of 400li per an are also superfluous.

That the estimate of the charge of Salaries Repairs & Incidents given in to Parliaament by Mr Allardice then the Master & Worker of that Mint, amounting to 1200 pounds, are conteined the all the Salaries of the said three Clerks amounting to 1200 pounds per an, and the salary of thepension of 50 per ano to the Clerk of the Bullion wchwhich is to cease & 50li per an given to Mr Drummond the Warden of that Mint wchwhich is also to cease, & the salary of the Generall of the Mint whose Office is useless, & & that the 1200li was

That sinthe Act of freethe first Parliament in the re of K.King IJames VIIth setled allowed for salaries repairs & Inci new Tools & Incidents only 12000 pounds Scots wchwhich answers to 900l English recconing a 60 pound peece Scots at 4s 6d English, & that the coinage then amounted only to about 300li per an more, so that 1200li pounds per an (wchwhich is sufficient for allready allowed) is sufficient for all the charges of that Mint, especially if the Generalls Office upon the next voidance of that place, should cease pursuant to yethe Act of Vnion.

That the Coinage Acts before the Vnion, ordered that all the moneys arising by those Acts should be issued to the Master & Worker of the Mint in England for the use & service of that Mint in general without distinguishing (in the Warrants) between the moneys issued for salaries & repairs & those issued for coinage; & by the Act of Vnion the coinage monies ought to be issued in the same manner to yethe Master & Wor of yethe Mint in Scotland, & therefore the clause propo annexed to yethe Memorial & proposesd to be added to the Bill is irregular inconsistent with the Act of Vnion, wchwhich Ordeins that the Mint in Scotland be under the same Rules as the Mint in England. And for the same reason the clause in yethe Act of the 7th of the late Queen concerning the Mint in England Scotland ought not to be restainedrestrained to salaries repairs & necessaries of the Mint by to extend also to yethe charge of coinage, & be issued out of the Exchequer of great Britain for the use & service of the Mint in general. And when the moneys are in the Exchequer of the Mint, the Officers of the Mint are to issue them out thence for particular services & see that no more be issued for salaries & repairs then are allowed by Act ofof Parliament.

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