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Herschel1552

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[15 February 1851]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 37194.478
Summary:

CB has 'decyphered' JH's puzzle. JH will not try to puzzle CB again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0469

From:
John Haas
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/6/23, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13072

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wood
Date:
[16 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.3; Reel 1055
Summary:

Potential problems with establishing refinery at Mint. Remodeling coining department. Approval by Treasury is required before proposed changes can be made. Asks for formal schedule of salaries for Mint employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1390

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
17 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Encloses letter from J. D. Hooker. Glad he will soon be home.

Everyone will be astonished at oaks and birches of tropics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12463

From:
Henry Pearse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.329
Summary:

More about the arrangements for the pension for Mary Maclear [see HP's 1850-12-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0470

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Wednesday
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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HENSLOW-357

From:
Algernon Pollock
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 February 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 272
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday2382

From:
Richard Adie
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 February 1851
Source of text:
RI MS F2 J120
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1391

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
19 Feb [1851]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Comments on JdeCS’s plates [for Fossil Cirripedia (Lepadidae)]. Asks if JdeCS can lend him specimens of fossil Balanidae.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13881

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0228; Reel 1087
Summary:

Left at JH's door recent specimen of fossil breccia from [Aingo?] Island, where WH was detained 50 years earlier. Grateful for manner in which JH handled affair with Benedetto Pistrucci. Attests to Pistrucci's honesty and genius.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13930

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.6; Reel 1087
Summary:

Informed George Maule of legal complications of old Mint indenture as applied to JH. Maule's solution was similar to what JH proposed to Charles Wood. Advises against telling Edward Enfield and Robert Rintoul about difficulties. Has not yet received statement from G. F. G. Mathison.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13931

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.7; Reel 1087
Summary:

G. F. G. Mathison wishes to consult colleagues before making a decision.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13932

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.8; Reel 1087
Summary:

Sends proposals for Mint reform.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13566

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[22 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 20-1
Summary:

Legal notice of contract termination was served to company of Moneyers by Treasury solicitor on 13 Feb. Requests that reform of Mint Board, Mint office, Assay office, and Melting department be implemented before Mint staff assume duties of Moneyers in May. Encloses JH's plan for reorganizing departments. Offered positions in new structure to four Moneyers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13933

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.9; Reel 1087
Summary:

Royal patent and warrant for Master to coin were discovered in R. L. Sheil's cellar. These are now safely at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2383

From:
Pieter Elias
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 February 1851
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14465

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] wants to see JH and H. D. Harness tomorrow regarding arrangement with G. F. G. Mathison.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13934

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0252.10; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards correspondence. Will meet JH at Chancellor of the Exchequer today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2384

From:
Henry Thomas De La Beche
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 February 1851
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13567

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 22
Summary:

Treasury commissioners will not authorize changes to Mint Board, mint office, or assay office until solicitors can determine legal ramifications. Changes in Melting department must await counter-proposal from G. W. G. Mathison. JH's plan to maintain other departments on present footing is approved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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