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Herschel12664

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
G. Baillie
Date:
1854-9
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0084; Reel 1054
Summary:

Delivered £3000 of copper coins for shipment to Ceylon today. Previous invoice for earlier shipment of equal amount of coins has not yet been paid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13169

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1854-9 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.36.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Notes sent by W. H. Barton to parties with delinquent bills.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12842

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Marshall
Date:
[5 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0247; Reel 1054
Summary:

Mint will be ready to receive new gold [from Bank of England] and to begin coining early next month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13860

From:
William Ewart Gladstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0208; Reel 1087
Summary:

Agrees with JH's opinion regarding allowances for those Mint officers mentioned in JH's letter of 1 Sept. Accepts proposals made by JH. Sent curious Italian work on decimal system to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel511

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.66
Summary:

Is to have a visit from Bank of England representatives to discuss making an adjustment in the weight of a gold sovereign; seeks GA's comments on the proposed changes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel512

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.68
Summary:

Encourages JH to view the change being proposed [see JH's 1854-9-6] as an improvement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12747

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[9 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0163; Reel 1054
Summary:

Requests salary raise of £10 for assistant assayer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel996

From:
Jean-Bapt[iste] Frener
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0929
Summary:

Applies for employment as engraver at the Royal Mint. Summarizes his past experience and provides a seal of his own design.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel513

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.70
Summary:

Sends on a letter from George Peacock, who is quite opposed to the proposed changes [see JH's 1854-9-6]; GA would be interested in JH's response.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.71
Summary:

The proposed change would make little difference to the Royal Mint, but as GA points out, new coins would have an effect on banking transactions [see GA's 1854-9-19].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12569

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 September 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.439
Summary:

Apologizes for not sending JH copies of GP's recent writings. Is now beginning a memoir on action-at-a-distance [?], and wonders if the R.A.S. or R.S.L. would be interested.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7865

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.69
Summary:

Sends copy of HW's paper, with manuscript listing properties of differences of zero. Is there a published table of such differences like that in JH's [Examples of Finite Differences (1820)]?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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