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Herschel14303

From:
Lacy Rumsey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0466; Reel 1093
Summary:

Letters patent for JH's appointment as Master of Mint were officially sealed yesterday. Will send statement for fees soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14304

From:
Lacy Rumsey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0467; Reel 1093
Summary:

Please return Queen's Warrant for Coining for correction of erroneous date.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14305

From:
Lacy Rumsey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0468; Reel 1093
Summary:

Corrected Queen's Warrant for Coining and returns it to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14310

From:
Lord John Russell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0473; Reel 1093
Summary:

Directs JH to investigate international supply and demand for gold and silver and to make projection for next twenty years. Refer to [J. R.] Macculloch and [James?] Wilson for information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14313

From:
Adolph Schlagintweit
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0477; Reel 1093
Summary:

Grateful for JH's letters of introduction. Met Prince Albert. Edward Sabine arranged for meteorological observations in Alps by AS and brother Hermann to be published by Longmans. Plans more observations of geology and atmospheric chemistry. Alexander Humboldt advised AS to ask JH where to apply for financial support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14318

From:
Richard Lalor Sheil
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0481; Reel 1093
Summary:

Returned from Ireland. Invites JH to call on RS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14319

From:
Richard Lalor Sheil
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0482; Reel 1093
Summary:

Needs to know date of JH's [letters] patent, to compute salary for RS's final pay period as Master of Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14355

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0515; Reel 1093
Summary:

Thanks for signing certificate for [C. M.] Elliott. Sends extracts from George Buist's history of heat storms in India, with evidence of great masses of ice dropped by these storms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14463

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0550.3; Reel 1093
Summary:

Fees paid on appointment of private individuals were reduced but not abolished. JH's fee upon appointment as Master of Mint will be two-thirds of former fee for that office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14624

From:
William Wyon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0609 & TxU:H/M-0607 & TxU:H/M-0608; Reel 1086
Summary:

Encloses two letters from WW, one to R. L. Shiel in Oct. 1850, and one to JH, as Shiel's successor, dated 17 Dec. 1850. Both letters state WW's response to Shiel's announcement of proposed changes in organization of Mint. Appeals to JH to reconsider plan to deprive WW of use of Mint machinery for WW's private engraving contracts. Protests abolition of office of probationer engraver, for which WW's son has been training.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14711

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0909; Reel 1083
Summary:

Offers congratulations on JH's new position [Master of Mint]. Recalls 'our water-pipe operations at Cape Town fifteen years ago' [1835]. Speculates on water wave theory. Pity for 'poor Charles Bell.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2489

From:
Hermann Schlagintweit
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.350
Summary:

Sends letter from [Alexander] von Humboldt and HS's new book on the geography of the Alps. Would like to visit JH at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel281

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.192
Summary:

Congratulates JH on his important new position [Mint]; wants to start seriously to prepare for July 1851 solar eclipse [see JH's 1850-8-18 or later].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel283

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.196
Summary:

Acknowledges the receipt of JH's suggestions [see JH's 1850-12-15]; urges JH to consider going to Norway or the Baltic to see the eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel48

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.372.223
Summary:

Is confident the letter [see JH's 1850-12-15], which is supposedly from François Arago, is a forgery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8000

From:
Alexander Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.267
Summary:

Requests permission to publish JH's and AW's 1843-1844 correspondence in 'Journal of Industry.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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