Is it to be wondered at, when the publick, always penurious toward the parochial clergy, have provided no stipend, much less a proportionable one, to its nece ssity, & u se. the setling de scents, births, buryals, marriages, titles to e states, & matters of highe st con sequence, both civil & religious, are thus left at random, without any rea sonable proof, or certainty, adequate to the weight of matters depending thereon. a ta sk on which the fortunes, & emoluments of the whole kingdom, in a great mea sure depends. frequently the ta sk of keeping a Regi ster book is committed to a pari sh clark, illiterate, that can scarcely write, sottish, or indolent. Thus are the national records, of all others mo st important, the most neglected! on this occa sion, I cannot help ob serving, that tis too much the ca se thro'out the kingdom. the old ones for the most part are lo st, de stroyd, or obliterated for want of care, & due pre servation. they commonly give us the bare name of persons, without far., mor., or such other marks, as ascertain the identity of person. nor can we say much in commendation of those of more modern date. I made diligent search for the Registers of the parish, of births, buryals, & marriages: especially the older ones, which generally have been very ill kept. Isaac had lodged when a schoolboy) & I, were busy at Mr Mason's rector of Colsterworth, in our inquirys when the Express came by post, θgoing to Scotland, of the death of King George I. Mr Ralf Clark, apothecary at Grantham (with whose grandfar. I saac's chronological treati se, wh he put out, & that on Daniel, & the Apocalyp se in 1733. In 1729 Ld Chancellor King pre sented me to the Living of all saints, Stamford. I saacs own third edition of his Principia. I saac's admirable book de mundi sy stemate, & sent me a copy of it. & tis my happyness that whatever relates to him, requires no ornament of speech & tis sufficient if I can but imitate his own plain way of writing. what I had wrote, from the original draughts left by me. as these & Mr Conduit's cannot now be obtain'd, I thought it advisable to recover as well as I cd. eldest son of Lord Lymington into whose hands all Sir Isaacs papers & manuscripts came, along with Mr Conduits: & also the letters that I wrote. His daughter was marryed to Xthe honorable John Wallop e sqr. 2004.writing the accounts I was gathering on that head, & sent them in letters to Dr. Shaw, Select Tracts and Documents Illustrative of English Monetary History 1626-1730 (London: Wilsons & Milne, 1896), p.173-174 - webdesign: Olaf Simons, Sep. With necessaries with all convenient speed.Īll which is most humbly submitted to your Lordship's great wisdome. & treat with him and see him instructed & furnished had rather that the copper Pixīe tried at Bristoll I will look out for a man to do it Value of the copper moneys now coyned at Bristollīut if your Lordps. The weight & Value ascertained & compared with the Parcel or parcels of Copper moneys old or new mayīe tried there before the persons above mentioned & Ireland whom your Lordships may give leave to be Town, & their Deputies, & one or two Gentlemen of & the Comptroller of that coynage who are both in Mints & before the parties concerned, viz. Shall appoint to see the Trial performed & report the Treasury Papers, event to your Lordp., & before the officers of the said Person or persons as your Lord or his Majty in Council In the Tower by his Majties Assaymaster before such London & the moneys be tried in his Maj ties Mint May be more authentick & satisfactory & somethingĬheaper if the Box before opening be brought up to Wood & theĬomptroller of that coynage, or of their deputies.Īnd that in my most humble opinion the trial thereof Moneys there reserved for a trial are kept lockt up inĪ box or Pix under the keys of Mr. Wood at Bristoll, I humbly represent that the instant, concerning the trial of the Pix of copper moneys coynedīy Mr. I SAAC N EWTON A BOUT T RYALL OF THE C OPPER C OYNAGE, I RELAND. Isaac Newton about Tryall of the Copper Coynage, Ireland (April 1724).
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