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Herschel13488

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ralph Heaton & Sons
Date:
25 [June] 1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0721; Reel 1089
Summary:

Send 68 boxes of copper coins next week to Bank of Ireland and to Provincial Bank of Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1183

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[4 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0005; Reel 1054
Summary:

Withdraws resignation [see JH's 1853-5-30] as Master of Mint. [JH annotation of 24 Feb. 1855: Letter not sent. Now regrets letting friends convince him to remain. JH has lived the past two years in 'the Shadow of death.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8916

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 July 1853]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1341 (July 9, 1853), 83 & Journal of the Photographic Society, 1:8
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's 1853-6-11] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains a method of 'taking from glass negatives positive impressions of different dimensions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
E. [Wallenstein?]
Date:
[20 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0488; Reel 1055
Summary:

It is against Mint policy for JH to recommend any employee to act privately, as in EW's request for someone to inspect minting machinery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12702

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Buckle
Date:
[20 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0116; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH cannot recommend anyone of the sort requested in letter from Mr. Wallenstein.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10485

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John R. Hind
Date:
[21 July 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.363 & 23.137
Summary:

Outlines the changes he would like to see in the column for Equinoctial Time in the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3300

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[21 July 1853]
Source of text:
TCD 7762-72:257
Summary:

Eloquently, metaphorically congratulates WH on finally publishing Lectures on Quaternions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12746

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[23 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0162; Reel 1054
Summary:

Advises against abolishing office of deputy master of Mint after H. D. Harness leaves at end of this week. Gives reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13119

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
1853-8
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.9 & -0483.10; Reel 1055
Summary:

Retirement of H. D. Harness. Recommends W. H. Barton, comptroller since 1830, to become either new deputy-master or combination of comptroller and deputy-master. Repeats request to hire special clerk to assist Master. [JH annotation: No reply from Treasury.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13279

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-8?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Postpones trip to Collingwood to dine with [Elizabeth] Baily on Thursday. Send coach to Cranbrook on Friday instead. Queen is going to Ireland. Annual revenue is good. Thick gloom and darkness over London today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13120

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[8 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.11; Reel 1055
Summary:

Encloses draft of [JH's 1853-8] to commissioners of Treasury. Asks CT's permission to inform W. H. Barton of plan to merge offices of comptroller and deputy-master. Emphasizes need for special clerk to assist Master. New policy for signing Mint checks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7019

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[9 August 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.138
Summary:

Thanks for AD's report on coinage [see JH's 1853-4-11], and for AD's puns.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13121

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[11 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.12; Reel 1055
Summary:

R. L. Sheil led W. H. Barton to expect promotion to deputy-master, and Barton is not yet aware of Treasury plan to combine this office with duties of comptroller. Proposes giving Barton both salaries for performing both duties. Salaries for junior clerks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13122

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[12 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.13; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Marked 'Confidential.'] Considering heavy workload from Jan. 1852 to June 1853, JH suggests bonuses for junior clerks and Mint officers. Surprised to learn that Charles Elouis felt passed over for deputy-master position at Sydney branch mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13335

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.5; Reel 1053
Summary:

Cannot come home on weekend. Will try next weekend if [W. H.] Barton's affair can be settled.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel629

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.21
Summary:

About the smoky atmosphere in London, and a letter from son Alexander about his chemical work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13336

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.6; Reel 1053
Summary:

Received order for immediate report on state of coinage in preparation for debate in House of Lords next week. No progress on W. H. Barton's case. Permissiveness in Treasury administration. News of Elizabeth Baily, John and Catherine Bell, and Mrs. Gordon. P.S.: Three-volume novel Adam Graeme at Mossgray [by Margaret Oliphant] is 'beautiful.' JH has read first two volumes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13337

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.7; Reel 1053
Summary:

Birthday greetings. Longs to be with MH. Comments on poet P. B. Shelley.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12865

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Mushet
Date:
[15 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0275; Reel 1054
Summary:

Procedures for separating gold from silver and iridium by subsidence. Encloses volume of experiments by Charles Hatchett.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13123

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[16 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.14; Reel 1055
Summary:

Error in CT's letter to Chancellor of Exchequer concerning record keeping in Mint. Repeats request to hire special clerk to assist Master.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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