From:
John C. Broun
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.111
Summary:
Regrets the expense incurred by the enclosed letter. Sends the report from the Colonial Office.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Regrets the expense incurred by the enclosed letter. Sends the report from the Colonial Office.
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.