From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[16 June 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.25; Reel 1055
Summary:
Compares quality of silver in dollars and in [Turkish] piasters.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Compares quality of silver in dollars and in [Turkish] piasters.
Reports assay results of British coins minted in Turkey.
As requested by Treasury commissioners, JH will have Turkish coins sent by Commissary General William Filder weighed and assayed to determine their value relative to English gold standard.
Assesses most of the candidates for the mathematics professorship at Melbourne University [see GA's 1854-6-13].
Is swamped with the demands of the Melbourne University professor search [see JH's 1854-6-16] and major upheavals at the Mint.