From:
Thomson Hankey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0238; Reel 1087
Summary:
Agrees with JH's propositions regarding gold currency, but offers minor corrections.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Agrees with JH's propositions regarding gold currency, but offers minor corrections.
Asks TH to reconsider JH's second Proposition on converting gold coins to pounds sterling. Offers examples. Sends copies of JH's 'Propositions' to TH and to [J. G.] Hubbard. Notes testimony to integrity of British coinage given by U.S. assay master [W. E. Du Bois].