From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[19 May 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.51
Summary:
Comments on the affidavit supplied by WT; will sign most of it but objects to one section.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Comments on the affidavit supplied by WT; will sign most of it but objects to one section.
Treasury commissioners approved designs for New Brunswick penny and halfpenny. Prepare dies, and send these to Ralph Heaton & Sons for production.
JH has studied petition for pension by John Austin, dismissed from Mint in 1834. Finds no reason to overturn earlier rulings of Mint Board denying that claim.