From:
Charles Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0589; Reel 1086
Summary:
Asks JH to call on CW tomorrow.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Asks JH to call on CW tomorrow.
Calls meeting for Friday of JH, H. D. Harness, the Moneyers, and [G. F. G. Mathison].
Asks JH and H. D. Harness to meet CW on Monday.
Expresses pleasure at results of CW's visit to Mint today. Particularly impressed by capabilities of JH and H. D. Harness.
Received specimen coin from JH. It is as good as anything produced by Moneyers.
Asks JH to join CW at meeting with governor of Bank of England [Thomson Hankey] on Monday to discuss coining matters. Thanks for JH's letters on quicksilver and on coinage.
Accepts JH's argument against coining gold dollar, but feels that two-dollar gold piece is needed. Reports plan to build mint in New South Wales. U.S. will establish mint in California.