From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[7 March 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.7
Summary:
Asks GS about ordering instruments from [George] Wilson.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Asks GS about ordering instruments from [George] Wilson.
JH's health is worse. Please expedite JH's request to resign from mastership of Mint. Seeks HT's approval to turn JH's duties over to W. H. Barton.
Expects difficulty with wages listed for Patrick Shanahan and one other worker at Mint. Find documents that authorized JH to pay additional overtime wages during coinage pressure of last two years.