From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0255.4; Reel 1087
Summary:
Silver was purchased for Mint on basis of [P. N.] Johnson's assay. Such purchases usually require assay by Henry Bingley. Records show that Bingley entered Mint in 1820.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project