From:
Lacy Rumsey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0468; Reel 1093
Summary:
Corrected Queen's Warrant for Coining and returns it to JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Corrected Queen's Warrant for Coining and returns it to JH.
Refers to WW's work on tides and on the mathematics of political economy. Fears that JH's duties [as Master of the Mint] will keep him from science. Has taken a house on Harley St.