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From:
Patrick Shanahan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.200
Summary:

Is losing position as Royal Mint messenger, which JH had helped him obtain. Asks JH to tell Mint Master that position was intended as permanent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Patrick Shanahan
Date:
9?] December [1868
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.201
Summary:

To JH's knowledge, PS's Royal Mint position bore no absolute guarantee of permanence unless he had been paying a 'superannuation' fund.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project