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From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.20; Reel 1093
Summary:

Forwarded to Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone] JH's letter regarding retirement of H. D. Harness. Does not approve of departure, in JH's plan, from practice of fixed pay for public officers. Surprised by grieved tone of Henry Finch, who turned down earlier generous offer to remain in reorganized Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
13th Aug
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/569; MS JT/1/HTYP/260, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.5; Reel 1053
Summary:

Cannot come home on weekend. Will try next weekend if [W. H.] Barton's affair can be settled.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.21
Summary:

About the smoky atmosphere in London, and a letter from son Alexander about his chemical work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project