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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.10; Reel 1053
Summary:

[Richard] Jones's application was successful, but his health is failing. JH's weekend trip to Collingwood is cancelled by problems with W. T. Brande, 'the most immanagable of men.' Brande and C. E. Trevelyan are JH's biggest problem. JH is sure of Trevelyan's 'ill offices.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.94
Summary:

Informs MH about the death of someone [Miss Maria Tunno?] dear to both of them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Law
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0326; Reel 1087
Summary:

Appointment of H. D. Harness to be commissioner of Public Works in Ireland was dated 16 Aug. [Reply to JH's letter to Mr. Fitzgerald.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.11; Reel 1053
Summary:

Instruct all daughters to date letters to JH. Loss of dear friend [Miss Maria Tunno?] leaves JH with no desire but to come home and be with family. Send carriage to railway station on chance that JH can get away from work tonight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0119; Reel 1087
Summary:

Detained in travel; will return Monday. Recommends John Goldsmith as supplementary clerk. Advises against transferring Henry Finch or F. R. Brande from Coining to Melting departments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.25; Reel 1093
Summary:

Read enclosed draft of Treasury minutes to see if it correctly states JH's recommendations regarding signing of Mint checks. Please return CT's draft of minutes on Sydney branch mint. Encloses amusing letter from [W. N.] Forbes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
3 September 1853
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/58
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Foster
Date:
5 September 1853
Source of text:
C53/8928, unit 203, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria.The MS of 'Systematic Index of the plants of Victoria, collected from September 1852 til August 1853 and examined by Dr. Ferdinand Mueller, Gov. Botanist' is attached to this report, but not reproduced here. The report and the index were published in October 1853 (B53.10.01). Reprinted versions are listed in the Mueller bibliography file; an extensive summary was given by Helfft (1856). Several species names mentioned in this report were not published elsewhere, and are regarded as nomina nuda
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Henry Unwin Addington
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
6 September 1853
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

Relating postponement of ARW’s expedition until following November.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Johnston
Date:
6 Sept 1853
Source of text:
DAR 146: 7
Summary:

Thanks for rare Balanus specimens. Asks about their source.

Comments on GJ’s book [Terra Lindisfarnensis (1853)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
Date:
6 Sept [1853]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (LUB: D18)
Summary:

Will give his support to a school for the poor to be a memorial to the late Sir John Lubbock.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.26; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses copy of act prohibiting defacing of coins. Advises JH to make use of Treasury solicitor in all legal matters affecting Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Edward Newman
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 September 1853
Source of text:
PML Misc Ray
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.27; Reel 1093
Summary:

Reply to enclosed 'Reference,' then return it to 'Memorialists' by 20 Sept. Papers must be sent to [C. Rivers] Wilson at Boulogne.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.28; Reel 1093
Summary:

Treasury commissioners seek JH's advice on feasibility of proposed observatory at Nottingham, to be funded by public money.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.339.72
Summary:

Seeks instructions about return of the measures to the Royal Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.47
Summary:

Drafting the Standards Commission report is taking up all of GA's spare time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Thursday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/921, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Newman
Date:
8 September 1853
Source of text:
PML Misc Ray
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.12; Reel 1053
Summary:

Visit to Collingwood lifted JH's spirits. Finances for Mrs. Rennie. Received copy of [William?] Platt's latest work from Miss Lipscombe. Sends condolences to Miss E. Tunno. Hopes loss will set young gentlemen thinking about 'brainless ardours.' Returns books to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project