From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0261.5; Reel 1087
Summary:
Passage in Report of Mint Commission referred to by Robert Mushet, regarding securities for Mint officials, does not pertain to Mushet. Details of Mushet's appointment as senior clerk and melter. Thanks for extract from [Michel] Chevalier's book. Cost of [mercury] constitutes 18 percent of expense for reducing ore.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project