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Herschel7169

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.372
Summary:

Did JH know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7170

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[19 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.57
Summary:

Comments on minting of coins [see AD's 1864-8-18], the state of JH's health, and the need for an elocution teacher for one of JH's sons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7171

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.373
Summary:

Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.

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John Herschel Project
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