Showing 1–20 of 37 with category: The Mine at Alva
MINT00775: Copy of an anonymous account of gold mines formerly exploited on Crawford Moor in Scotland, with a brief covering letter in the same clerical hand, signed by Cromartie
Author: Mackenzie, George (Earl of Cromartie)
Metadata: 1703 or later, c. 242 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/227-8, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00777: Clerical copy of a royal warrant authorising payment of Justus Brandshagen [advisor on King George's mines in Hanover] and James Hamilton while in Scotland to inspect the mine at Alva
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 20 August 1716, c. 367 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/239, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00780: Detailed technical instructions to be given to Brandshagen and Hamilton for inspecting the mine at Alva: they should be assisted by an Edinburgh Mint officer
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 25 August 1716, c. 1,124 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/231-2, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00782: Clerical copy of the Privy Council's instructions to Brandshagen and Hamilton [based on Newton's suggestions in MINT00780 (Mint 19/3/231-2)]
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: After 25 August 1716, c. 991 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/229-30, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00784: 'Extract of a Memorial from Sr John Areskine [Erskine, the proprietor of the land on which the mine was discovered] to the Lord Vict Townshend'
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 9 October 1716, c. 503 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/256-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00795: Petition for £10 borrowed from him in Edinburgh by the late Justus Brandshagen, whose daughter claims that at his death the Government owed her father over £100 for his work at Alva
Author: Walker, John
Metadata: 1 May 1724, c. 325 words.
Source: MINT 19/3/243, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK