Showing 121–140 of 142 with category: Copper Coinage
MINT00655: Offers to accept a ton or two of copper per month from Wood after the expiry of the Hines/Appleby contract, provided it is the type of copper of which he has already submitted specimens; otherwise new specimens are required first
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: c. 12 December 1717, c. 192 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/445, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00656: Holograph draft advertisement inviting samples and tender from the author of an anonymous pamphlet circulated to the Commons alleging the new copper coins to be significantly inferior to those minted under Charles II
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: Early 1718, c. 292 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/407-8, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00657: Having heard that his sample has been approved, he submits his proposals for consideration by the Treasury and hopes in a few months to supply two tons of copper per week or something approaching it
Author: Wood, William
Metadata: 7 May 1718, c. 192 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/459, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00659: Defence of the present coinage and of the tender accepted against the printed complaint of the disappointed tenderers and three letters of Richard Jones. Newton has accepted not the cheapest tender but the most reliable one
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: c. July 1718, c. 1,215 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/452, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00665: Repeats the complaints voiced in MINT00658 (Mint 19/2/369), adding that his previous 'memoriall' [possibly meaning MINT00658] has been ignored
Author: Wood, William
Metadata: Before 4 June 1719, c. 240 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/367, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK