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                <title>Letter from John Stanley concerning two proposals related to the tin trade</title>
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<note type="metadataLine">August/September 1705, <hi rend="italic">c.</hi> 108 words.</note>
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                    <p>Printed in <hi rend="italic">NC</hi>, 7: 440.</p>
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                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par1"><handShift new="#js" scribe="John_Stanley"/><choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>.</abbr><expan>Sir</expan></choice> <space unit="chars" dim="horizontal" extent="25"/>Cockpit wednesday</p>
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                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par2">I send <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> inclosed M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Williams expla<lb type="hyphenated" xml:id="l1"/>nation of his former proposall about <lb xml:id="l2"/>tin, <choice><abbr>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></abbr><expan>which</expan></choice> he desires we may consider before <lb xml:id="l3"/>next mint day, I have therefore appoin<lb type="hyphenated" xml:id="l4"/>ted him saturday next at four in the <lb xml:id="l5"/>afternoon at my office at <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> Cockpit <lb xml:id="l6"/>&amp; desire <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">u</hi></abbr><expan>you</expan></choice> &amp; m<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Ellis will meet at that time <lb xml:id="l7"/>if it be not inconvenient</p>
                <p xml:id="par3">I also just now receivd another proposall <lb xml:id="l8"/>about <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> tin referrd to us by <choice><abbr>L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Treasur<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></abbr><expan>Lord Treasurer</expan></choice> <lb xml:id="l9"/>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Tindall <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> proposer will meet us this <lb xml:id="l10"/>day seaven night at <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> mint at ten a clock <lb xml:id="l11"/>to consider of it. I am <lb xml:id="l12"/><space unit="chars" dim="horizontal" extent="20"/><choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>.</abbr><expan>Sir</expan></choice> <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></abbr><expan>your</expan></choice> most humble <choice><abbr>serv<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>servant</expan></choice></p>
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