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DCP-LETT-1388

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
10 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

CD likes the plates [for Fossil Cirripedia (Lepadidae)] except pl. I [Scalpellum], which calls for several revisions; he sees that not all corrections were made, but assumes they called for too extensive changes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1389

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
13 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

CD appreciates JdeCS’s care. Sends specimens, noting points to be observed. He adds that the figures which have been most troublesome are those of which drawings were made [for Fossil Cirripedia (Lepadidae)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1390

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
17 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Encloses letter from J. D. Hooker. Glad he will soon be home.

Everyone will be astonished at oaks and birches of tropics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1391

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
19 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Comments on JdeCS’s plates [for Fossil Cirripedia (Lepadidae)]. Asks if JdeCS can lend him specimens of fossil Balanidae.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12287

From:
Francis Napier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.143
Summary:

Questions a statement in JH's Outlines Astr. regarding the light of Sirius. Also repeated in Alexander von Humboldt's Cosmos.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12463

From:
Henry Pearse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.329
Summary:

More about the arrangements for the pension for Mary Maclear [see HP's 1850-12-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12671

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Bingley
Date:
[4 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0092; Reel 1054
Summary:

Assures HB that transitional state of Assay department will soon be replaced by more permanent conditions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12751

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James A. Gordon
Date:
[7 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0168; Reel 1054
Summary:

Expresses deep appreciation for JG's loan of £500 to JH in difficult period. Sorry to hear of JG's suffering.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13071

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[14 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Salaries for Chief and Assistant Coiners, if these appointments are accepted by Edward Enfield and Robert Rintoul, respectively.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13072

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wood
Date:
[16 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.3; Reel 1055
Summary:

Potential problems with establishing refinery at Mint. Remodeling coining department. Approval by Treasury is required before proposed changes can be made. Asks for formal schedule of salaries for Mint employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13564

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 19
Summary:

Treasury commissioners have approved reform plan for Mint. First step will be to terminate contract with company of Moneyers. Other reforms can be delayed. Make necessary preparations for Mint staff to take over those duties.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13565

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Company of Moneyers
Date:
[10 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 20
Summary:

Official notice that Mint contract with Moneyers, begun on 8 Nov. 1820, will terminate three months from today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13566

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[22 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 20-1
Summary:

Legal notice of contract termination was served to company of Moneyers by Treasury solicitor on 13 Feb. Requests that reform of Mint Board, Mint office, Assay office, and Melting department be implemented before Mint staff assume duties of Moneyers in May. Encloses JH's plan for reorganizing departments. Offered positions in new structure to four Moneyers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13567

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 22
Summary:

Treasury commissioners will not authorize changes to Mint Board, mint office, or assay office until solicitors can determine legal ramifications. Changes in Melting department must await counter-proposal from G. W. G. Mathison. JH's plan to maintain other departments on present footing is approved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13571

From:
Gilbert Farquhar Graeme Mathison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 24-31
Summary:

Offers arguments and evidence to support GM's protest to Charles Wood, Chancellor of Exchequer, on 7 Feb. 1851, against plan to abolish Mint refinery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13647

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0030; Reel 1062
Summary:

Sends deciphered code. Explains how CB solved it. [CB note dated 24 Mar. 1846: Technique for deciphering code.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13678

From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.3; Reel 1087
Summary:

Bishop of Chester [John Graham] requests that JH attend 5 Feb. meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13679

From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.4; Reel 1087
Summary:

Bishop of Chester [John Graham] calls meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners for 18 Feb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13881

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0228; Reel 1087
Summary:

Left at JH's door recent specimen of fossil breccia from [Aingo?] Island, where WH was detained 50 years earlier. Grateful for manner in which JH handled affair with Benedetto Pistrucci. Attests to Pistrucci's honesty and genius.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13925

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

As directed by Charles Wood, HH gave formal notice [of contract termination] to Moneyers and sent Wood's letter to G. F. G. Mathison. Forwarded JH's note to Henry Bingley.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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