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HENSLOW-1178

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
John Gould
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
Natural History Museum Library and Archives, London The Correspondence of John Gould (1804-1881) Z MSS GOU A (Box 5)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday2713

From:
Lovell Augustus Reeve
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2710

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2711

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
RI MS T TS, volume 12, pp.4135
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall0792

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/TYP/12/4135; 4:2711, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2712

From:
Philip Lucas
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 August 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14090

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0308; Reel 1087
Summary:

Still holds opinion that RJ expressed last night, but would speak to Lord A. [Aberdeen?] soon if RJ does not hear from Lord A.

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
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WCP5577

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
August 1853
Source of text:
California Historical Society
Summary:

John’s instructions to ARW on paying back debts of 180 lbs borrowed in 1849 to their mother and others. Will also send some beetles he has collected to find out if they may be valuable.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Faraday2714

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Charles Henry
Date:
2 August 1853
Source of text:
HL HU b MS Am 1631 <(130)>
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7018

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.264
Summary:

Has he heard the names of the coins decided on by the Commons when the Pound is decimalized? W. R. Hamilton has informed him that he has heard from JH. Is going to the seaside tomorrow.

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

Tyndall0793

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
9th Aug 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/567; MS JT/1/HTYP/253-55, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2716

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Pierre Antoine Favre
Date:
9 August 1853
Source of text:
Herbert Pratt
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2715

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Charles Henry
Date:
9 August 1853
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D18
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday 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
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Faraday2719

From:
Anton Schrötter
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 August 1853
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.112
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7020

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.265
Summary:

Intends to send on Francis Baily's letters soon. Would like to see the coinage report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14559

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.19; Reel 1093
Summary:

Discusses salary for W. H. Barton in new combined office of deputy master and comptroller. Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone] may decide differently. Agrees that Master needs private secretary, but select one from among clerks already employed at Mint. Procedure for countersigning Mint checks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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