From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Wigley
Date:
21 Mar 1853
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA D3651/B/47/2/30)
Summary:
Encloses the transfer, signed and witnessed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Encloses the transfer, signed and witnessed.
Details of how coins are tested and stamped for weight. Procedures are not regulated, and variances are common. Encloses Mr. Miller's letter on decimal coinage. [JH annotation: 'Substance sent to Airy March 21 / 53 but altogether diff in form and wording.']
Regrets will be unable to be steward at a 'Public dinner.'
Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Responds with return of letter part and an invitation to the Royal Mint [see GA's 1853-3-21]; expands further on the coinage/weight problem.
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