MINT00063: Response to the applications at MINT00062 (Mint 19/1/140-45) and others

MINT00064: Further draft of MINT00063 (Mint 19/1/170-71)

MINT00065: Holograph draft of MINT00063 (Mint 19/1/170-71)

MINT00066: Further draft of MINT00063 (Mint 19/1/170-71)

MINT00067: Partial holograph draft of MINT00063 (Mint 19/1/170-71), followed by a partial holograph draft of MINT00070 (Mint 19/1/172-3)

MINT00068: 'A Proposal for regulating the Gravers Office'

MINT00069: Oppose [Gabriel] le Clerk's petition to succeed Harris as engraver: would like to take him on as third engraver under Croker and Bull, but not until summer 1705, due to the cost of repairs occasioned by last year's storms [see MINT00063 (Mint 19/1/170-71)]

MINT00070: Reply to a query about the engravers' patent

MINT00071: Draft of MINT00070 (Mint 19/1/172-3)

MINT00072: Holograph draft of a warrant authorising Croker and Bull to take charge of all engraving tools and machines

MINT00073: Holograph preparatory notes, followed by draft letter, in response to a petition from the engravers

MINT00074: Following the moneyers' petition, the House of Commons has granted the Mint an extra £500 for salaries and maintenance from Christmas 1705

MINT00075: Petition to the Mint Board: 'The Case of Charles Stuart one of the Monyers belonging to Her Majties Mint in the Tower of London'

MINT00076: Application to appoint a new smith

MINT00077: Further holograph draft of MINT00076 (Mint 19/1/223)

MINT00078: Proposal for £35 p.a. for Francis Beresford to be taken on as apprentice engraver for six years to supply the place of [Gabriel] le Clerk, whose post has been vacant for some years

MINT00079: Identical proposal to take on Beresford as apprentice

MINT00080: Petition to succeed his late brother Daniel as assay master, having been his assistant for fifteen years

MINT00081: Three partial holograph drafts of a letter reporting the tests of Charles Brattell and Catesby Oadham for the post of assay master (two other candidates not having appeared): Brattell is judged the better candidate

MINT00082: Appeal against the Mint's verdict rejecting his application for the post of assay master, specifically accusing Newton of favouritism

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