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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.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] invites JH to tomorrow's meeting with governor and deputy governor of Bank of England.
Death of William Wyon. Suggests returning Benedetto Pistrucci to office of Chief Engraver, to which WH recommended Pistrucci in 1816 but from which Pistrucci was removed because he was Catholic.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] agreed to police arrangements at Mint. Asked Sir R. [Manque?] to state when he 'will receive the gates.' Treasury did not approve Bank of England's request. Reviews procedure by which Commissariat department obtains money from Mint through Bank of England. [JH annotation: There was no time to count money before it was sent to Commissariat.]
Forwards books for JH.
Forwards two letters, one from Thomson Hankey.
Received letter from Robert Mushet regarding Mushet's securities. Advises JH to consult George Maule.
Passage in Report of Mint Commission referred to by Robert Mushet, regarding securities for Mint officials, does not pertain to Mushet. Details of Mushet's appointment as senior clerk and melter. Thanks for extract from [Michel] Chevalier's book. Cost of [mercury] constitutes 18 percent of expense for reducing ore.
Doctor urges GM to move to warmer climate. Please finalize terms for GM's retirement so GM may leave London.
Thanks JH for arranging terms of retirement for GM, who is now free to leave England. Presumes that GM's pension began as of last July.
HR assumed duties of George Maule, who died Friday. Please send papers relating to Robert Mushet, so HR can process Mushet's security bond for office of Melter.
Send copies of security bonds for former Melters, so HR may compare these to provisions in Robert Mushet's bond.
Sends draft of security bond for Robert Mushet that names master of Mint as sole judge of what constitutes reasonable waste in melting process. Insert names of persons, including banker, who will act as surety for Mushet.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] agrees to give G. F. G. Mathison annual allowance of £1200. Suspects mistake in report on Mathison.
JH and H. D. Harness may call on CT at Treasury whenever convenient.
Will seek approval from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] for JH's new arrangement to pay Mint police.
Annual pension for G. F. G. Mathison was fixed by Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] at 'Fourteen Hundred Pounds (1200£).' JH and Henry Rich should submit formal report on this matter.
CT delays answering JH's letter of 3 Nov. 1851 until JH submits report on financial impact of changes in Engraving department after death of William Wyon.
What public service will L. C. Wyon render that justifies Wyon's annual salary of £400? Compares this with duties and salary of Benedetto Pistrucci. Suggests retaining Wyon at present salary of £200 and paying separately for piecework.
Grateful for JH's correction of CT's error in pension for G. F. G. Mathison [see CT's 1851-11-14]. This was CT's first such error in 25 years of public service.
Asks JH to join CW at meeting with governor of Bank of England [Thomson Hankey] on Monday to discuss coining matters. Thanks for JH's letters on quicksilver and on coinage.