MINT00269: Partial holograph drafts of all three parts of the 'Observations', in no particular order

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 1701, c. 8,009 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/633-41, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00270: Recommendations regarding currency control

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: c. 20 January 1701, c. 359 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/139, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00272: Discussion of standards by which to gauge the value of gold coin (specifically pistoles)

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: Late January 1701?, c. 671 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/142, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01115: Copy of letter concerning the values of French and Scottish moneys

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 20 Jan 1700/1, c. 386 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/25, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01116: Letter concerning potential preventions of counterfeit money in the counties

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: c. 20 Jan 1700/1?, c. 245 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/25, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01117: Copy of letter concerning the petition and bill of Thomas Birdikin

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 22 Jan 1700/1, c. 454 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/27, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01164: Copy of response to the bills of Mr Looke and Mr Wallford, Melters of Bristol and Exeter Mints

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 18 Mar 1701, c. 288 words.

Source: MINT 1/8/23, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01118: Letter concerning the petition of the Mine Adventurers

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 30 Apr 1701, c. 252 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/31, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01119: Copy of request for compensation for prosecuting clippers and coiners

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 30 Apr 1701, c. 111 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/32, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01121: Copy of letter concerning the funds for rewarding the place of engineer

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 30 Apr 1701, c. 573 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/33-4, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01120: Copy of response to the petition of Edward Courtney, including his bills

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 7 May 1701, c. 379 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/32, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00933: "Report of the Officers of the Mint upon the Petition of the Tellers of the Bank"

Author: Unknown

Metadata: 21 May 1701, c. 335 words.

Source: T 1/74.24, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00493: Response to a further proposal by the Irish Chancellor for a Dublin Mint

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: c. 4 June 1701, c. 736 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/214-15, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00163: Covering letter for MINT00159 (Mint 19/1/228-9)

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: July 1701?, c. 265 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/236, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00044: Recommends Hopton Haynes for the post of weigher and teller, giving an account of his previous employment at the Mint (as a clerk) and elsewhere

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 5 September 1701, c. 706 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/121, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00934: "Mr Newton's Memorial concerning the proportion of Gold to Silver in value"

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 28 Sep 1701, c. 327 words.

Source: T 1/76.36, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT01122: Copy of letter concerning suggestions for the discouragement and reduction of counterfeiting

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: c. Dec 1701?, c. 502 words.

Source: MINT 1/7/37, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00046: The £60 p.a. allowed for a master's assay master (as distinct from the royal assay master) has for a long time been paid to the deputy master, who has authority to examine the work of the royal assay master

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 1702?, c. 267 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/103, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00047: Further to a petition from probationer engraver [Samuel] Bull, recommend raising his salary from £50 to £60 p.a. plus piece work

Author: Newton, Isaac

Metadata: 1702, c. 238 words.

Source: MINT 19/1/163, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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MINT00246: Fragmentary holograph notes on pistoles and moidores, on a cover addressed to Newton in another hand

Author: Newton, Isaac, Batchelor, John

Metadata: ca. 1702, c. 137 words.

Source: MINT 19/2/73, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Media

Manuscript496
Printed1

Category

Accounts and Expenses75
Analyses of Foreign Coin and Exchange Rates26
Clippers, Coiners and Embezzlers57
Coin, Seal and Medal Design14
Copper Coinage44
Correspondence
Country Mints37
Economic Theory and Legislation34
Edinburgh Mint73
Gold and Silver Coinage16
Miscellaneous19
Non-Newtonian Documents8
Overseas Mints and Coinage15
Personnel and Administration46
Pyx Trials and Analyses of British Coinage23
Rights and Privileges of the Mint11
Technical2
The Mine at Alva16
Tin Trade36

Author

Newton, Isaac301
Lowndes, William (Secretary to the Treasury)43
Treasury21
Lord of Oxford & Earl Mortimer (Lord High Treasurer)10
Taylour, Joseph9
Harley, Thomas8
Halley, Edmond7
Unknown6
Stanhope, Charles (Secretary to the Treasury)5
Drummond, William5
Gregory, David4
Scott, Hercules4
Tilson, Chris4
Scrope, John (Treasury Secretary)3
Duke of Lauderdale3
Haynes, Hopton3
Chaloner, William3
Wood, William3
Southwell, Edward (Secretary of the Privy Council of Ireland)3
Stanley, John2
Allardes, George2
Ordnance Office2
B., P.2
Ogilvy, James (Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor of Scotland)2
Pinckney, Calverley (Deputy to the Warden of the Mint)2
Fowle, Thomas2
Povey, John2
Walpole, Robert2
Peyton, Craven (Warden)2
Suffolk M.1
Smithson, Henry1
Stringer, H. H.1
Stacy, John1
Clark, James (Edinburgh engraver and die-sinker)1
Overton, Benjamin1
Earl of Godolphin (Lord High Treasurer)1
Barrow, Richard1
Blackborne, Robert1
Lords Justices1
M., M.1
Northey, Edward (Attorney General)1
Boswell, William1
Montgomerie, John (Master of the Edinburgh Mint)1
le Clerk, Gabriel (Graver of the Mint)1
William Wood and partners1
Kidder, V (Assay-Master in Ireland)1
Bradford1
Ellis, John1
Haldane, John1
Batchelor, John1
Dearsley, Thomas (Watchmaker)1
Delafaye, Charles (Undersecretary of State)1
Duke of Shrewsbury (Lord High Treasurer)1
Parry, Charles1
Phelipps, Edward1
Neal, Noah1
Rokeby, Thomas1
Scott, Patrick1
Davies, Isaac1
Chamberlayne, John1
Cottrell, Clement1
Pigott1
Cox, Charles1
Walker, John1
Musgrave, Chris1
Comptroller1
Robinson, Thomas1
Janssen, Theodore1
Anstis, John1
Sandford, Richard (Warden of the Mint)1
Kelsall, Henry1