Treatise on the creation of silver coinage
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS 151 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Treatise on the creation of silver coinage |
Date(s) | : 1807 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 22 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir James William Morrison (1774-1850) was Third Clerk to the Master of the Royal Mint, 1792, and also worked as an assistant in the melting house. On 31 Dec 1801, he replaced his father, James Morrison, as First Clerk, Purveyor and Deputy Master of the Mint, a post which he held until 1850.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing a treatise by Sir James William Morrison, First Clerk and Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, entitled 'Memoirs and observations on the melting and casting of silver for the coinage at his Majesty's Mint', 1807. The manuscript discusses previous techniques in melting, especially experiments made by his father James Morrison, Deputy Master of the Mint from 1787-1799, based on his papers, and his own experiments made with the help of Robert Mushet, Third Clerk to the Master of the Mint, and Robert Bingley, the Assay Master (1798-1836). There are some pencil notes in the margin.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
This manuscript was part of the collection of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (1743-1820), and was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Banks sale at Sotheby's, 14 Apr 1886.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
Allied Materials
Related material:
University of London manuscripts relating to the Royal Mint and coinage include MSS 14, 21, 51, 62, 72, 100, 102, 108, 152, 154 and 499.
The British Library, London, holds papers of Sir James William Morrison, 1798-1845, including correspondence with Lord Arden and William Ewart Gladstone (Ref: Add MSS. 18,902 ff.94, 109; 35,757 f.171; 38,423 ff.124, 162; 40,469 f.201; 40,543 f.113; 47,141 ff.20-24, 32-35b, 42; 44,362 f.53; 44,527 ff.36 b-201 b passim).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).
Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2000
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