MINT00294: Report on a proposal by one White for gluing duty marks onto paper rather than impressing it [to certify that the recently-imposed tax on paper for parchments and deeds had been paid]
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 15 May 1704, c. 211 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/447, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00295: Holograph draft of MINT00294 (Mint 19/3/447), with a deleted suggestion that if the mark could be 'made in the Body of the Paper' [rather than glued on top: the idea seems to be something akin to a watermark] it might be very useful
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 8 May 1704, c. 221 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/448, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK