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From:
Charles-Nicolas-Alexandre Haldat Du Lys
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
July 1851
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Joshua Field
Date:
[1 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0998; Reel 1083
Summary:

JH asks that JF recommend someone to value articles at Mint claimed by Moneyers as their property.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Rich
Date:
[2 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0333; Reel 1054
Summary:

Wants to release records of Mint salaries as public documents. Discusses pensions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jasper Atkinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0024.1; Reel 1062
Summary:

Moneyers will stop Mint operations next Thursday [10 July]. But do not expect Moneyers to leave if compensation for their machinery, tools, and lost income has not been settled by then.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joshua Field
To:
Henry Drury Harness
Date:
[3 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0987.1; Reel 1083
Summary:

Recommends T. Cooke as someone who 'could value some Chemicals' at Mint. [JH annotation: seeking someone as 'Valuer of the Moneyers Rollers and tools.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jasper Atkinson
Date:
3] July [1851
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0024.2; Reel 1062
Summary:

Final adjustments to Moneyers' claims for compensation is in progress. Expects these to be ready when Moneyers' work terminates next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Joshua Field
Date:
[4 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0987.2; Reel 1083
Summary:

JF misunderstood HH's note. Mint needs someone to value tools, not chemicals. Thought Field's firm [Maudslay, Sons, & Field] could recommend one of its employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Smith of Jordanhill
Date:
4 July [1851]
Source of text:
Glasgow City Archives (396/TD1)
Summary:

Discusses the Jura blocks.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.14
Summary:

Of JH's activities with some of the children; about an invitation to the Mansion House ball, and of the health and activities of several friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0516; Reel 1093
Summary:

Glad that Dr. [Duncan] Stewart received promise from Mr. Prinsep of cadetship [in H.E.I.C.] for Stewart's son. WS cannot promise same for young [George] Maclear but will add Maclear to list of applicants for WS's patronage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Anne Wynne
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7th July
Source of text:
MS JT/1/W/89; MS JT/1/TYP/5/1840a, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank; Palaeontographical Society
Date:
7 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.99)
Summary:

Asks to borrow woodcut from Palaeontographical Society for use in Living Cirripedia, vol. 1.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 46
Summary:

Encloses minutes of Treasury commissioners, approving compensation by Paymaster-general to company of Moneyers for loss of earnings due to reform at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 July 1851
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K40
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[8 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0750.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Anxiously awaiting reply to JH's letter of 4 July requesting [?]'s recommendation of a London firm that can quickly evaluate Moneyers' equipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Rich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
9 July [1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0443.7; Reel 1093
Summary:

Settled matter of Moneyers' compensation with Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood]. Wants to discuss Henry Bingley's position at Mint. Will be in House of Commons that week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jasper Atkinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0025; Reel 1062
Summary:

Requests copy of Treasury's minutes relating to Moneyers' claims for compensation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Lord John Russell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.441
Summary:

Sends Mr. Benme's [?] letter and prospectus. Wants JH's opinion on whether the Queen should dedicate it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wood
Date:
[10 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0507; Reel 1055
Summary:

Henry Finch and F. R. Brande declined offices of junior clerks at Mint. JH needs to fill these positions quickly with qualified young men.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.11; Reel 1093
Summary:

Please return Treasury minutes regarding compensation for Moneyers so CT may alter it. JH may give copy of it to Moneyers. Returns Jasper Atkinson's application.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project