Letter from Newton to the Treasury commissioners concerning personal sureties and the new Indenture of the Mint Isaac Newton c. 111 words The Newton Project Oxford 2021 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 6 May 1718, c. 111 words.

Printed in NC, 6: 444-45. MINT00093 contains a certificate of these sureties.

 Treasury Commissioners MS Add. 3965, f. 384r, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK UKCambridgeCambridge University Library Portsmouth Collection MS Add. 3965, f. 384r 6 May 1718 England English Holograph MintCorrespondence Transcribed by Kees-Jan Schilt
To the Rt HonbleRight Honourable the Lords Comm.ersCommissioners of his MajtsMajesties Treasury.

May it please yor Lordpsyour Lordships

Vpon the passing of a new Indenture, I being to give security in 2000£ besides my own bond, I humbly propose for my sureties Mr Hall the Comptroller of the salt Office in a Bond of one thousand pounds & Dr Fauquier my Deputy in a Bond of another thousand pounds. [& pray that it may be referred to the proper Officers in the Exchequer Office to enquire into the sufficiency of these sureties.]

All wchwhich is most humbly submitted to yor Lordpsyour Lordships great wisdome Isaac Newton Mint Office 6 May 1718