Draft of a report on Brandshagen's and the Hamiltons' expense claims, specifying which of the expenses Newton considers justified

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To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of his Majties Treãry

May it please yor Lordps

In obedience to yor Lordps Order of Iune 17th instant, upon the Petition of Dr Iustus Brandshagen, directing me to state the accounts of the Doctor & those of Thomas & Iames Hamilton in relation to Sr John Ereskin's Mine: I humbly represent that by the Warrant of his Royal Highness the Doctor was allowed 60li & Iames Hamilton 30li to enable the Doctor to provide some things in London & both of them to go down into Scotland to view & examin the said Mine; & after their arrival at Edinburgh the Dr was to be allowed 20s per day & Iames Hamilton 10s per day by the said Warrant during their stay in Scotland upon the said work, or so long as your Lordps should see cause to pay the said allowances. And that Thomas Hamilton was afterwards by a Warrant of the Lords Commers of the Treasury allowed also 30li to go to Scotland with his brother, & had a verbal promise, as I was then informed, to have the same allowance with his brother of 10s per day. And that the two Hamilton's arrived at Edinburgh Sept 14th & the Doctor Octob. 13th last, & the Doctor & Thomas Hamilton left Edinburgh Feb. 19th following to return into England, but Iames Hamilton went to Edinb Alloua to watch the Mine & see that no Ore be dug & carried away

By the said Warrant therefore the Doctor is to receive 129li for 129 days beside 44li 13s 6d paid by him to the two Hamiltons, & besides the charges he hath been at in clearing the Mine of rubbish, & providing iron tools for the labourers & timber to prop & secure the Mine, amounting to 8li 12s. 0d, & besides his further charge of fitting up a Laboratory wth furnaces, an Assay Table, Mortars, Sives, Charcoal, Pitcoal, Nitre & other things necessary for making the Assays, amounting to about 10li; & the charge of seven fair copies of the Report on large paper for yor Lordships & others concerned, & of providing baggs & boxes for the Ore, amounting to 6li. 8s. 0d. All which summs amount unto 19{illeg}9li. 3s. 6, whereof he hath received 150li. And so there remains due to him 49li. 3s. 6.

By the same Warrant Iames Hamilton is to receive 79li for 158 days, whereof he hath received of the Doctor 21li 13s. 3d. And there remains due to him 57li. {illeg}6s 9d.

And if Thomas Hamilton be allowed equally with his brother (for he went down upon that supposition, & was the most serviceable man of the three) there will be 79li due to him on that account, whereof he hath received of the Doctor 23li. 3s. 3d, & there remains due to him 55li. 16s. 9d.

The total due to all three is 162li. 10s. 00d, besides what yor Lordps shall see fit to allow to Iames Hamilton for his attendance at the Mine ever since Feb. 19th to see that no Ore be dug & caried away untill he be discharged. For wch service I conceive that 20li may be a sufficient recompence if he be dismist immediately.

All wch is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps great wisdome.

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Is. Newton

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Aug 15. 1717. Received then of Sr Isaac Newton the summ of fifty & five pounds, 16s, 9d, in full discharge of the account mentioned in the Report on the other side of this leafe. I say received the said summ by me

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55. 16. 9

ThoHamilton

Aug. 15. 1717. Received of Sr Isaac Newton the summ of fifty & seven pounds six shillings & nine pence in part of the Accounts mentioned in the Report on the other side. I say received the said summ by me

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57. 6. 9

Iames Hamilton

Aug 15. 1717. Received of Sr Isaac Newton the summ of forty pounds & fourteen shillings in part of the Account mentioned on the other side in the Report. I say received the said summ of forty pounds & fourteen shillings by me

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40. 14. 0

Iustus Brandshagen

Aug. 31. 1717 Received of Sr Isaac Newton the further summm of fourteen Guineas in part of the twenty pounds to be further allowed me,

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15. 01. 0

Iames Hamilton

Octob. 16. 1717 Received of Sr Isaac Newton the further summ of four pounds & nineteen shillings in full of all accounts including 1li 6s 6d due to Mr Haldane. I say received 4li 19s by me

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14li. 19s. 0

Iames Hamilton