From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
22 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/169, Royal Society
Summary:
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Contributor:
Royal Society
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Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] authorizes increasing salary of W. H. Barton to £700. Write official letter to this effect with full details, as if no previous correspondence had occurred. [Prime Minister] John Russell approved appointment of W. T. Brande's son as supernumerary clerk in Mint. Treasury is now ready to receive JH's budget for 1852-53.
Congratulates EC on the first volume of Stars near the Ecliptic: JH expects never to observe again.