Corrected account of the total bullion brought into the Scottish Mint during the recoinage, with a covering letter containing apologies for errors in the previous account and a repeated enquiry about the allowance for waste

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Account of the Recoynage

1709

Charge		pd wt	s	d	gr
Publick Bullion Imported by the Bank – –		104357″	4″	0″	5
Bullion Imported by Merchants – – – –		″″″148″	0″	14″	20
Supplee Bought and Entered in the Books – –		″″″129″	5″	1″	22
		104634″	9″	16″	23
Discharge		~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
		pd wt	s	d	g
Mr Scott Accounted for in Coyned money – –		104165″	10″	13″	0
Bullion Charged on the monies which they allow in pairt of their payments – – –	}	″″″203″	00″	00″	19
Remains of Bullion lying by Mr Scott at g{illeg}ing in his abreviat which is to be delivered to Mr Allardes	}	″″″″31″	9″	12″	2
		104400″	8″	5″	21
		~ ~ ~ ~ ~
		pd wt
The whole Bullion Imported as above – – –		104634″	9″	16″	23
The Bullion Accomted for as above – –		104400″	8″	5″	21
Deficiency by Waste as per Mint Books & abreviat		″″″234″	1″	11″	2
		~ ~~ ~ ~~
		pd wt
Bullion Controverted in Mr Scotts Custody – –		″″″140″	0″	0″	0
Of which to be delivered to Mr Allardes as per the above Accountt of Discharge – – –	}	″″″″31″	9″	12″	2
The Remains Controverted is – – –		″″″108″	2″	7″	22
		~~~ ~~~ ~~
		pd wt
Deficiency by Waste per Mint bokos & abreviat as above		″″″234″	1″	11″	2
If the Controverted Bullion should be delivered to Mr Allardes		″108″	2″	7″	22
In that Caice there will be only Wasted on the whole		″″125″	11″	3″	4
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The Question is whether upon such a Recoynage a Waste of 234pd″ 1″ 11″ 2 be Rationall

Or if it can be though that the Waste can only amount to 125pd″ 11″ 3″ 4 which is Humbly submitted to your Iugement

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Edinbr 28 August 1712

Much Honored

Sir

I am favoured with a letter from Mr Fauquier of the 23d And am Extreamly ashamed I should have given you So much trouble through inadvertency for which I humbly beg pardon I perceive in the Accountt of the Recoynage last sent I have set down 104200 pd in place of 104400 And as to the 140 pd of Bullion in my brothers Custodie there is 31pd 9″ 12dwt″ 2g Really belongs to Mr Allardes And the Remainder which is 108pd″ 2″ 7″ 22g what is controverted Now I trouble you to peruse the full abstract which I have done out to a very graine according to the Mint books and Abbreviat given in by my brother at finishing the Recoÿnage and after the sweep was 3 tymes searched Mr Allardes friends make debate only because my brother had more silver lying by him then Mr Allardes can demand by the state of the accounts I humbly intreat your Opinion in the matter and refer to my last letter consider the quantity refined and other Reasons which necessarly occasion a Waste I am with all duty full Respect

Much Honored

Sir

Your most Humble & most

Obedient Servant

Hercules Scott

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The Much Honored

Sir Isaack Newton
at his logeing in St Martin=Street
near Leycester-field

London