Notes sent by W. H. Barton to parties with delinquent bills.
Showing 1–16 of 16 items
The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Notes sent by W. H. Barton to parties with delinquent bills.
Analysis of quantities of coins in circulation. Explains ways in which gold and silver are diverted from coins to other purposes.
Reports assay results of British coins minted in Turkey.
Progress of production on [?] medal, with ribbons and clasp, by [Heat & Roskell], jewellers.
Requests that £30,000, granted by Parliament, be issued to replenish expenditures from Master's cash account during fiscal year ending 31 Mar. 1855.
Outlines administrative organization, duties, and jurisdiction of Sydney branch mint. Procedure for sending sample coins to London for examination and approval.
Returns [?]'s letter, dated January, for correction. Believes that [?] intended it to be dated February.
JH paid salary for Mr. Watt from 22 June. 1853 to 17 Feb. 1854, when Watt was officially assigned to Sydney branch mint. Mr. Hill will replace Mr. Julyan, who was recalled from Birmingham to Commissary Department on 10 Feb. 1854. Mr. Nash will take Mr. Hill's duties as senior clerk in Mint office and senior officer in charge of dies.
Formal testimonial to competence of J. L. Drury, temporary clerk in Mint office and melting department since 31 Jan. 1853.
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.
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?
Large accumulation of coins since gold coinage was suspended. Recommends pyx trial to certify new coins.
Earliest date for pyx trial will be November, leaving ample time to summon jury. Contact wardens soon. JH approves oath for jurymen, but suggests changes in wording.
As directed by Treasury commissioners, in [James] Wilson's letter of 30 Sept. 1854, JH sends draft of royal proclamation, approved by Treasury solicitor, announcing new coins for New Brunswick.
Forwards letter by E. W. Ward reporting progress at Sydney branch mint and assay results of Australian gold.
Specifies procedure for combining the contents of two pots.