Hi all,

For uni I have to write a piece on administrative English history in the 10th to 18th century. I am currently looking into the beginning of the English Banking system in 1694 and one of its co-founders Wiliam Paterson.

The methodology for this paper is the idea that new ideas travel, and that people implement certain ideas from abroad into new areas where that idea hasn't been used yet. In this case I'm looking at Paterson his time in Amsterdam studying the Dutch banking system and trying to implement that same banking system in England in 1691, a few years after the Glorious Revolution.

Some contemporary sources tell me that Paterson wrote a piece with a colleague Michael Godfrey in 1691 trying to explain why a banking system is usefull. However, I really can't find this piece. The contemporary sources did not provide with me with footnotes unfortunately.

This era and place is not my expertise. I'm experienced in Dutch political history. I have never done anything with English administrative history. So to be frankly honest, I don't know which (digital) archives to check.

My question to you is, does anyone know something of this piece written by Paterson and Godfrey, and can tell me the location of it.

I really hope I did not brake the rules with this question. Thank you so much in advance.