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From:
William Wyon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0610; Reel 1086
Summary:

Thanks for timely warning of date when dies for new florin will be needed. Confirms inscription that JH wants on florin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Gail Borden, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0919.2; Reel 1083
Summary:

At request of Ashbel Smith of Texas, GB, inventor of the 'Meat Biscuit,' sends sample to JH with instructions for cooking.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.10.339
Summary:

Asks for JH's assistance in inviting foreign astronomers to Visitation Day at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.9
Summary:

About a strange mixture of coinage in Prussia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Phillips Bond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.177
Summary:

Unable to avail himself of JH's invitation. Thanks for his interest in American astronomy. Met U. J. J. Leverrier, J. B. Biot, and others since he has been in Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
4 June 1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.54, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project