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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Forwards report by W. T. Brande on performance of Henry Finch during one year probation in coining department. JH recommends advancing Henry Finch and F. R. Brande to permanent positions.
In response to letter from Sir Emerson Tennant to Mr. Lawley, JH intends to apply for public pyx trial as soon as coining of gold is concluded.
Paymaster General's office requires special approval from Treasury to pay allowance for quarters to fireman George Busher, transferred from Queen's assay office to resident assay office.
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.
Requests reimbursement from Treasury for coins sent to Falkland Islands, Constantinople, and Hong Kong.
As requested by Treasury commissioners, JH will have Turkish coins sent by Commissary General William Filder weighed and assayed to determine their value relative to English gold standard.
Returns letter of 5 June 1854 from Commissary General William Filder to Treasury. Reports value of five Turkish coins relative to English gold standard.
Pay rate for policemen assigned to Mint has been increased by Metropolitan Police. Requests authorization from Treasury for this new expense.
Reports departure of E. W. Ward, with officers, staff, and machinery for Sydney branch mint. Submits statement of expenses and requests reimbursement for outfitting Sydney mint.
Submits design for Australian sovereign and half-sovereign for approval by Queen Victoria. Requests permission to begin producing these coins as soon as Sydney mint is operational.
Mint salaries and bills have exhausted present funds. Please ask Treasury for another £12,000.
Regarding future improvements at Mint that would involve Board of Works, JH prefers to postpone major renovations that JH suggested in Dec. 1852. Notes two minor repairs needed in Melting Room.
Under old system of political appointments, master of Mint was not eligible for superannuation fund. Asks Treasury to modify Treasury minutes of 20 May 1851 to permit JH to receive this benefit. Compares superannuation rates before and after 5 Aug. 1829.