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DCP-LETT-1565

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Patterson
Date:
6 Apr [1854]
Source of text:
Praeger 1935 , p. 713
Summary:

He has returned William Thompson’s MSS and, he believes, all his specimens of Cirripedia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1566

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
9 Apr [1854]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/79)
Summary:

Discusses his investments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1567

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
26 Apr [1854]
Source of text:
Royal Institution of Great Britain (Grove Papers)
Summary:

Is honoured by his election to the Philosophical Club [of the Royal Society].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11477

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.390
Summary:

Astronomer Royal and his wife are visiting the Lubbocks on Saturday; will JH join them for Saturday and Sunday? Will collect him if he likes. Louisa Herschel was the belle of the Bromley Ball.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12932

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Anthony de Rothschild
Date:
[24 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0344; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] JH discovered new metal while examining residues of iridium. Suspects that it is impurity in Australian gold. Asks AR to send waste residues from refinery to JH for tests.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12933

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Anthony de Rothschild
Date:
[24 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0345; Reel 1054
Summary:

Has scrap gold that needs refining, but it is less than 100-pound minimum set by AR in contract with Mint. Requests cost and conditions under which AR will accept this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13032

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[3 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0445; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Dictated to Isabella Herschel] Transfer of funds from Thomas Baldwin's estate. [Isabella's note:] JH is still 'weak & very quickly fevered.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13149

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[3 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.17; Reel 1055
Summary:

Charles Elouis requests return of contributions (£180) to Superannuation Fund over 19 years of Mint service, in preparation for Elouis's appointment as superintendent of bullion office in Sydney mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13150

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[4 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.18; Reel 1055
Summary:

Recommends R. F. Suft to succeed Charles Elouis as registrar and accountant of Royal Mint. Recommends Charles Sterry to replace Suft as senior clerk in Mint office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13151

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[10 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.19; Reel 1055
Summary:

Recommends that former gas plant at Mint be maintained and kept in reserve, in case of interruptions in commercial supply from Ratcliffe Gas Company. Current prices of gas and coal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13386

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1854-4-1 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0619; Reel 1089
Summary:

Requests that £30,000, granted by Parliament, be issued to replenish expenditures from Master's cash account during fiscal year ending 31 Mar. 1855.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13427

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[4 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0662; Reel 1089
Summary:

Recommends R. F. Suft to replace Charles Elouis as registrar and accountant in Mint office, and Charles Sterry to replace Suft as senior clerk. Seeks Treasury commissioners' approval for hiring properly qualified assistant to resident assayer, to replace Sterry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13456

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[5 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0689; Reel 1089
Summary:

Paymaster General's office requires special approval from Treasury to pay allowance for quarters to fireman George Busher, transferred from Queen's assay office to resident assay office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13457

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[5 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0690; Reel 1089
Summary:

Explains to Treasury why copper needed for coinage is supplied by private contract, rather than by public competition, following 1849 transfer of copper manufacturing from Boulton & Watt in Soho to Ralph Heaton & Sons in Birmingham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13458

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[11 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0691; Reel 1089
Summary:

Advises [?] to transfer copper coins from Wexford to Dublin. Regrets that farthing is not better known and used by humbler classes in Ireland. Should JH send small remittance to [?]'s manager in Ballyshannon?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13459

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mint Staff
Date:
[21 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0692; Reel 1089
Summary:

Declares 26 Apr. a holiday at Mint, in keeping with Queen Victoria's proclamation that this be observed as 'a day of Humiliation and Prayer.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13460

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Leonard Charles Wyon]
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0693; Reel 1089
Summary:

Office of Chief Medalist was abolished on 1 Dec. 1853. [LW]'s salary from then until 31 Mar. 1854 was drawn from Mint under title of 'Medalist and Engraver.' After 1 Apr. 1854, that salary will be issued by Paymaster General.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1805

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0637.9
Summary:

Makes a correction in the weight of an item reported in the Standards Commission report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1913

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry T. De La Beche
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
WT B.11
Summary:

Asks HD to recommend a young man to fill a vacancy at junior clerk, and who can do assaying as well. JH provides details about the position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1966

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[29 April 1854]
Source of text:
Oxford History of Science Museum 58/3
Summary:

As JH's [1854-4-28 ?] did not elicit a response, JH is again trying to arrange at what station to meet JL.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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