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Herschel14005

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0264.4; Reel 1087
Summary:

Note from Hunt & Roskell. HH gave instructions for sale of proof coins before HH left London. W. T. Brande does not agree with wage system at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14006

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0264.5; Reel 1087
Summary:

Surprised over the uproar caused by 'malcontents' at Mint. Advises JH not to concede anything. Ask Treasury for verbal authority for each step JH takes in hiring, dismissing, or paying employees. If JH needs help, HH will return immediately. P.S.: Learned that F. R. Brande is on salary now.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14007

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0264.6; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards note from Mr. [Greund?] referring to correspondence with which HH is not acquainted.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14008

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0264.7; Reel 1087
Summary:

Happy to hear that JH settled difficulties with [W. T.] Brande. Talents of W. H. Barton and Charles Elouis. Reward for R. F. Suft. Advises exchanging Mr. Cumberland for more useful clerk from some other public office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14530

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0552.35; Reel 1093
Summary:

Introduces Deputy Assistant Commissary General Bower, who wishes to learn minting processes before leaving for Australia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14803

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[15 July 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.6
Summary:

Will instruct Smith, Elder & Co. to provide a presentation copy of JH's Cape Results to Queen's College, Belfast. What has happened with JH's recommendation about Thomas Maclear's son [see JH's 1852-6-11]?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14827

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Asks JH for a copy of his Cape Results to be provided to the new Queen's College at Belfast.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1872

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[31 July 1852]
Source of text:
WT 68134.2
Summary:

A note accompanying a repayment of expenses incurred on behalf of some of JH's children.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2367

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[31 July 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.114
Summary:

Stopped compilation of comet orbits because it had already been done. Would provide money from donation fund to distribute copies of this information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2926

From:
Christian Andreas Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.179
Summary:

Mentions his stay at Pulkowa Observatory in 1844 and 1845. Refers to [Alexander von] Humboldt's Kosmos. Discusses a function of prisms in telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[18? July] 1852
Source of text:
EUL:Gen 523/6
Summary:

Interested in RM's statements on various subjects, including gold diggings and the 'declension of California Produce.'[?]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3460

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July? 1852]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.166
Summary:

Encloses newly-discovered proof that John Forbes Watson's wet bulb depression was not a clerical error.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4218

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[18 July 1852]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Approves of G. W. H. Maclear's appointment at Cape Observatory [Second Assistant]. JH's family will welcome G. W. H. Maclear to Collingwood during his England visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5022

From:
George Arbuthnot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.403
Summary:

Asks JH for Christian names of colleague.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5502

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.402
Summary:

Thinks that a note must have miscarried as he is sure he informed him that the Admiralty had appointed Thomas Maclear's son [George Maclear] an assistant at the Cape and his other son [John Maclear] to a ship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7450

From:
William Smith Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1852]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.20; Reel 9
Summary:

Per JH's directions, sent copies [of JH's Cape Results] to Queen's College, Belfast. Awaiting JH's instructions for dispatching few remaining presentation copies to institutions abroad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1300

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-7-1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.73-74, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1301

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-7-1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.75, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

Four page letter over 1 folio

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1302

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-7-1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.76, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A three page letter over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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