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CONCERNING SOME ROETTIERS DIES. 161an expression, & I think itimpossible for me after the continualconversation I had with him on the subject of thesevery puncheons & dies for three years before he died, tomistake his meaning, & therefore I declare that he alwaysspoke of them to me as his own absolute property, and amready to make a more solemn affirmation of it wheneverI am called upon to do so.Done at Paris this 25thday of April 1728. _, _,Tho: Carte.XII.COPY OF OBLIGATION SUBMITTED BY MADAME KOETTIERS.Whereas we whose names are underwritten have in ourpossession several puncheons and dies for Medals which were1left by the late M '. John Eoettiers Engraver General ofEngland by his will to be sold for certain uses, and wereafterwards purchased by the late Mr . Norbert RoettiersGraver general to their Majesties of Great Britain & Franceand left among his effects at his death and accordinglyentered in the inventary of them upon that accident, as wellas contained in a catalogue of puncheons for Medals sent tohis Britannick Majesty by the said Norbert in October 1724& whereas certain suggestions have been used as if we haveintended to alienate them. We therefore Winifried Widowof the said Norbert do hereby oblige and engage ourselvesnot to alienate the said puncheons or to part with them outof our possession till I the said James Roettiers come to beof age. Done at Paris this 25th. day of AprilW. 1728.RoettiersSigned in the presenceofTho: Carte.J. Roettiers.XIII.LETTER FROM JAMES EDGAR, JAMES Ill's PRIVATE SECRETARY,TO COLONEL O'BRYEN, RETURNING MADAME ROETTIERS'SOBLIGATION WITH A NEW DRAFT.gir Bologna May 24 1728.The King having considered the papers transmittedby you in yours of the 26 Aprile concerning his pretensionsNUMISM. CHBON., VOL. XVII, SERIES IT.M