John Williams

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John Williams

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7444 MINT00685 Proposal to raise the price of tin to 6 a hundredweight, with calculations of the profit this would generate. The Dutch cannot have much tin in the East Indies or they would be exporting it in quantity already 102 38 247 Before August 1705? 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7448 MINT00687 'To proue that a quantity of Tin cannot be had in ye East Indies' 102 38 795 1705 Argues that if the Dutch had a sufficient surplus of tin in the East Indies to undercut British trade, they would already be doing so. 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7452 MINT00690 Argument for an increase in the price of tin 102 38 931 After 18 August 1705 Further to discussions with the Mint and the Lord Chamberlain's office on 1 and 18 August respectively (both of whom he admits were less than fully convinced by his arguments), Williams insists again that an increase in the price of tin will not lead to reduced consumption or undercutting by competitors. 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7453 MINT00691 Memorandum aruging for an increase in the price of tin 102 38 1,788 1696-1727 A letter from John Williams to the Treasury, MINT00690 (Mint 19/3/597-9), argues much the same. 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7456 MINT00694 John Williams: 'Considerations Relating to the Advancing the Price of Tinne' 102 38 1,405 3 September 1705 Another refutation of the view that increasing the price of tin will bring other countries into the trade to England's disadvantage. This is like saying the Dutch should sell spice cheap 'for feare that wee should plant spice bedds in Englande and spoyle their Trade'. Good tin is extremely difficult to find and exploit so the English mines represent a virtual world monopoly. The demand for tin has always outstripped supply. It is essential to many trades so people will pay whatever they have to for it. The English will not suffer from the price increase as 80 of tin is exported, and the increased revenue will save them from a tax that would otherwise have to be levied to refill the royal coffers. Williams considers tin would have to rise to over 20 a hundredweight to be overpriced. 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7457 MINT00695 Another copy of MINT00694 (Mint 19/3/578-82), missing the first page 102 38 1,201 September 1705 Written in the same hand as MINT00694 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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