Frightened by MH's account of daughter Amelia's serious burns. Encloses revised account sheet that shows £196 missing. Son William will come to Collingwood soon. Saw daughter Caroline yesterday.
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Frightened by MH's account of daughter Amelia's serious burns. Encloses revised account sheet that shows £196 missing. Son William will come to Collingwood soon. Saw daughter Caroline yesterday.
Changes in daughter Caroline's life. Will send note received from son William in Paris. German poetry. Visited Elizabeth Baily. Received visit from Eve Gordon. Financial panic in Paris is spreading to Bank of England. Louis Napoleon's 'love match.' P.S.: Doubts if daughters Isabella or Louisa will understand [B. G.] Niebuhr's first volume.
Expects daughter Caroline and husband and Eneas Mackintosh on Sunday. Must hire seven supervisors and 28 workers at Mint. Bank of England requires £600,000 per week of new coins. Family finances. Engraving of William Whewell is 'wretched.' Mr. Dudgeon visited yesterday to learn JH's new photographic method of coating glass with gluten and acetic acid.
Winter scenes at Collingwood. Legal information about civil days beginning at midnight, while astronomical days begin at noon. Daughters Francisca, Mathilda Rose, and Amelia are well and active. Enjoying quiet pace in country.
Cannot come home on weekend. Will try next weekend if [W. H.] Barton's affair can be settled.
Received order for immediate report on state of coinage in preparation for debate in House of Lords next week. No progress on W. H. Barton's case. Permissiveness in Treasury administration. News of Elizabeth Baily, John and Catherine Bell, and Mrs. Gordon. P.S.: Three-volume novel Adam Graeme at Mossgray [by Margaret Oliphant] is 'beautiful.' JH has read first two volumes.
Birthday greetings. Longs to be with MH. Comments on poet P. B. Shelley.
Postpone paying bills until end of month. Questions MH's birthday festivities. Congratulates Hayley family on remarriage. Poor Mr. Paynder is gone. JH finished third volume of Adam Graeme at Mossgray [by Margaret Oliphant].
Organizational changes at Mint. Deputy master declared unnecessary. W. T. Brande was promoted to combined office of deputy master and comptroller. JH protested to C. E. Trevelyan yesterday about low pay of junior clerks.
[Richard] Jones's application was successful, but his health is failing. JH's weekend trip to Collingwood is cancelled by problems with W. T. Brande, 'the most immanagable of men.' Brande and C. E. Trevelyan are JH's biggest problem. JH is sure of Trevelyan's 'ill offices.'
Instruct all daughters to date letters to JH. Loss of dear friend [Miss Maria Tunno?] leaves JH with no desire but to come home and be with family. Send carriage to railway station on chance that JH can get away from work tonight.
Visit to Collingwood lifted JH's spirits. Finances for Mrs. Rennie. Received copy of [William?] Platt's latest work from Miss Lipscombe. Sends condolences to Miss E. Tunno. Hopes loss will set young gentlemen thinking about 'brainless ardours.' Returns books to Collingwood.
Duties of Examiner of superannuation claims for Treasury will not permit JH to live in Collingwood and may be more burdensome than those of Mint. Upset at losing Charles Elouis, who will leave Mint to replace Mr. Watt as superintendent of bullion at mint in Sydney. Concern for daughter Caroline, whose husband, [A. H.] Gordon, leaves before March, leaving her alone in Malta when 'her hour is due.'
Deeply disappointed by Treasury's failure to pay an adequate salary to W. H. Barton for combined duties of deputy master and comptroller. C. E. Trevelyan granted only a junior and inexperienced clerk to assist JH. Feels 'sickened and disgusted' by Trevelyan's pettiness, which is crippling the effectiveness of the Mint staff.
Mostly family matters, especially the education of several of their sons.
Commenting on the health of some mutual acquaintances, and on son Willy's poor memory.
Mostly about the health of MH and several of the children, and about JH's health.
Talks about their son Alexander's nature, and JH's busy weekend and headaches.
Complains of overwork and of other people trying to involve JH in their quarrels; is glad MH has company.
Discusses rumors about the war on the continent, news of some visits JH had, and JH's dream life.