MINT00335: High praise of MINT00322 (Mint 19/2/111-16) following its publication in the previous day's Daily Courant, though with certain reservations about the risk of a drain on gold reserves following the devaluation
Author: M., M.
Metadata: 31 December 1717, c. 769 words.
Source: MINT 19/2/121, 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
MINT01067: Copy of note requesting an account of the silver and gold monies coined at the recoinage of the silver money, with a request for its delivery
Author: Lowndes, William (Secretary to the Treasury)
Metadata: 17 Jan 1717/8, c. 123 words.
Source: T 27/22.259, 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