Sending him the draft of the Report of the Standards Committee for his signature.
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Sending him the draft of the Report of the Standards Committee for his signature.
Sending a photograph of the moon 38" in diameter. Begs him to accept it as a mark of appreciation.
Did JH know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.
Regrets the expense incurred by the enclosed letter. Sends the report from the Colonial Office.
Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.
Congratulations on marriage of JH's son William. Hopes Willy and his bride will call at the Cape on their way to India. Attorney General has just returned from Grahamstown with the [Samuel] Parlby papers. Has finished work on measurement of arc of meridian.
Asks for JH's advice on astronomy as a profession.