Further holograph draft of MINT00512 (Mint 19/2/471), also dated 13 April 1724
To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of his Maties Treasury.
May it please yor Lordps
In obedience to yor Lordps Order signified to me by Mr Scrope in his Letter o{illeg}f 10 Apr. instant, concerning the trial of the Pix of copper moneys coyned by Mr Wood at Bristoll, I humbly represent that the moneys there reserved for a trial are kept lockt up in a box under the keys of Mr Wood & the Comptroller of that Coynage, or of their Deputies. And that in my most humble opinion the triall thereof may be more authentick & satisfactory & something cheaper if the Box before opening be brought up to London, & the moneys {illeg}be tried in his Majties Mint in the Tower before the Officers of the said Mint {illeg}& before the two parties Mr Wood & the Comptroller of that coynage who are both in town & their Deputies & one or two Gentlemen of Ireland ofwhom yor Lordps may think fit to give them leave to be present if desired, & before such person or persons as your Lorpdps or his Majties Privy Council s{illeg}hal appoint to see see the trial performed & report the event to yor Lordps. And at that same time any other parcel or p{illeg}arcels of copper moneys old or new may be tried there before the same persons & the weight & value ascertained & compared with the value of the copper moneys now coyned at Bistol {sic} & the {illeg}trial reported to your Lordps.
But {illeg}if your Lordps had rather that the copper Pix be tried at Bristoll, I will look out for a man to do it & treat with him & see him instructed & furnished with necessaries with all convenient speed.
All which is most humbly submitted to your Lordps great Wisdome
Isaac Newton
Source
MINT 19/2/466, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKApril 1724, c. 313 words.