Application for a licence to supply the Mint with copper, with details of how best to organise the work if this is granted
Derby the 30th: Decbr 1707
Sir If my proposall for Supplying with Copper be the most reasonable And if my Lord should accept thereof, then I am to beg a favor of you as viz
That in considderration of the trouble and charg I may be att in vending hyring a servant and house for that business I will give you foure pounds per ton to take that part from my hands
Youre moniers being many can doe that busines if you thinke itt convenient
On the 11th: Ianry I designe to be at Lower Redbrooke neare Monmouth and stay there till the 7th: Febry then returne to London
If any new matter arises in this busines during my absence I shall esteeme itt as an honor done mee if you will please to advise
Sir Your Most Faithfull Servantt,
Source
MINT 19/2/384, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK30 December 1707, c. 144 words.