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Herschel13288

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
22?] August [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.10; Reel 1053
Summary:

Mint business. W. T. Brande now has two jobs. Lyells are back. Mr. Newham reports legal problem determining who will pay for construction at 204 'OHd' Street. Bank balance is low; check records to see when [Jesse] Piper's rent is due. Alexander Herschel's artistic ability. Urges MH to read Margaret Oliphant's Adam Graeme of Mossgray.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14561

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.21; Reel 1093
Summary:

Surprised by JH's voluminous report on assays, which CT showed to Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone]. Will send copy of Gladstone's decision on several Mint matters. P.S.: Gladstone read last letter that JH wrote to CT.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13125

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
23 August [1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.16; Reel 1055
Summary:

Recommends Mr. Aberdein as clerk and private secretary to Master of Mint. Suggests that Mr. Hill be promoted from temporary clerk to replace Aberdein in melting house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14699

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
23] August [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0772.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Deeply disappointed by Treasury's failure to pay an adequate salary to W. H. Barton for combined duties of deputy master and comptroller. C. E. Trevelyan granted only a junior and inexperienced clerk to assist JH. Feels 'sickened and disgusted' by Trevelyan's pettiness, which is crippling the effectiveness of the Mint staff.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14562

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.22; Reel 1093
Summary:

Treasury intended that junior clerks in Mint should be available for training in all departments, to prepare them for higher positions. Suggestion for appointing supernumerary clerk. Formal conference will be held Saturday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14563

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.23; Reel 1093
Summary:

Meet CT and [James] Wilson at end of week. Hopes Lord Aberdeen [G. Hamilton-Gordon] will appoint Mr. Hill Jr. to vacant clerkship at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14698

From:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
[Alexander Hamilton-]Gordon
Date:
24 August [1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0772.1; Reel 1084
Summary:

Reviews vexations caused to JH by dealings with C. E. Trevelyan. Notes H. D. Harness's belief that Bank of England is maneuvering to take control of Royal Mint. Fears JH may become bitter about public offices. Encloses copy of JH's letter to MH [see JH's [1853-8-23]].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[24 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.17; Reel 1055
Summary:

[John] Goldsmith, temporarily assigned from Board of Works in Ireland to bookkeeper in coining department, is working out very well. Suggests offering Goldsmith permanent position and using him to train other accountants.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1096

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
25 August 1853
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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FVM-53-08-26

From:
Lewis Gilles
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
26 August 1853
Source of text:
No. 3165, 9829, unit 20, p. 285, VPRS 3219 outward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel8628

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
[26 August 1853]
Source of text:
Getty Center
Summary:

Thanks JC for what she sent. Has been reading Alfred Tennyson's Princess. Praises it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13339

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.9; Reel 1053
Summary:

Organizational changes at Mint. Deputy master declared unnecessary. W. T. Brande was promoted to combined office of deputy master and comptroller. JH protested to C. E. Trevelyan yesterday about low pay of junior clerks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2725

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Manby
Date:
27 August 1853
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel700

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.93
Summary:

Is slightly ill, so JH decided not to come home; a few items about members of the family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP3559

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
27 August 1853
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Summary:

ARW declines offer of passage “from Trincomalee to Singapore & [then] to Borneo” as taking too much time and expense, and “should prefer waiting for another opportunity.”

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Faraday2726

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
29 August 1853
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/59
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7021

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.266
Summary:

Is sending the packet of Francis Baily's letters today. Sees that Thomas Wright, the Milky Way man, kept a shop in Fleet St. and was a mathematical instrument maker. Warren de La Rue has doubtless sent him his picture of Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1528

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
30 Aug [1853]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Sends thanks for recent specimen, which gave him conclusive evidence that Verruca acts only on calcareous rocks.

Asks for a reference on carbonic acid.

Is glad CSB progresses in research on spider-like Crustacea.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14564

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.24; Reel 1093
Summary:

Sends draft of Treasury minutes for JH's inspection. E. W. Ward may immediately accept bid by Messrs. Taylor & Allen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4312

From:
Henry George Elliot
To:
George William Frederick Villiers
Date:
30 August 1853
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

Transmits copy of note from Dutch Foreign Office, introducing ARW to Governor General of Netherland India. Permission for scientific expedition to Dutch Colony on Eastern Sea.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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