Surprised by visit of Treasury people to attend examination of diets from Sheffield and Bringham. Waiting for authority to continue issuing coins previous to pyx assay.
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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.
Surprised by visit of Treasury people to attend examination of diets from Sheffield and Bringham. Waiting for authority to continue issuing coins previous to pyx assay.
Sends messenger to JH with checks for wages and enclosed correspondence.
Sends assay book as JH requested. Cannot find HH's notes on silver coinage; will continue to search.
Returned Mr. Shaw's bond to Mr. Regland and asked Regland to clarify relationship between two Mr. Westwoods. Sends papers for JH's signature. Reports have returned on 50 gold ingots. Compares errors among assays by W. H. Field, Thomas Graham, and W. A. Miller.
Gold assay reports by Thomas Graham contain too many errors. Distrusts all previous assays performed at Graham's laboratory.
Inland Revenue office does not understand that punches and dies for coins may be produced outside Mint. Anthony de Rothschild claims to have lost large sum due to improper assay [of gold], but still wants to sell £10,000 more to Mint. Mint can comply with only first part of order from House of Commons; second part requires information kept secret by Bank of England.
According to H. R. Reynolds, Mr. Westwood Sr., though a bondsman to the Crown, may still serve as surety for Mr. Westwood Jr. Should HH notify Mr. Regland that JH accepts two recommended sureties?
Letters to Inland Revenue office regarding [Leonard] Wyon's work are ready for JH to sign. Accuracy of coins.
Forwards letter containing extraordinary proceedings relative to copper coinage for Ireland. Will send check for weekly wages to JH for signature.
Gave Mr. Baxter's letter to H. W. Field, so Field may return relics. Forwards letter from J. W. Morrison to JH. Advises JH not to recommend machinery for Sydney branch mint unless Treasury asks JH to do so. Congratulations on wedding of JH's daughter Caroline.
C. E. Trevelyan wants JH to meet with governor of Bank of England. Congratulations on success of JH's son.
Apologizes for unclear language in a recent letter.
Forwards for JH's signature two orders from Treasury approving rates for piece work in Mint.
Forwards papers from Treasury. Advises JH to arrange for ample supply of copper coins for colonies at same time arrangements are made for coins for Ireland.