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Herschel8849

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Augustus De Morgan]
Date:
[1853]
Source of text:
Univ. of London Library
Summary:

Has been reading AD's article on Mrs. Benton; agrees that AD has made it probable that she was involved in a private marriage. Comments on changing place of women in society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3475

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edward Sabine?]
Date:
[1853]
Source of text:
RS Sa.685
Summary:

Postscript regarding the brothers [Adolphe, Hermann, and Robert] Schlagintweit and funding for their proposed expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
1853
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.131
Summary:

JH looking for some writings by Isaac Newton while at the Mint, but most of that seems to have vanished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13112

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Reports gold coin production.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5430

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.377
Summary:

Number of half-crowns minted in the years 1832-53.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5446

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.393
Summary:

Send the names and addresses of any friends who may wish to see the Mint. Thanks for pamphlet on income tax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13290

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-1]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.12; Reel 1053
Summary:

Family finances. Plans to let Charlotte go on Friday, to keep peace with regular cook. Will go to Naish on Saturday and bring daughters back on Monday. Will dine on Tuesday with new Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone]. Concern for daughter Amelia; with good nursing, she will grow new skin. Leonhard Schmitz's new Roman History is probably reproduction of B. G. Niebuhr's lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1314

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
--1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.87, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1316

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.89-90, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A eight page letter over 2 folios which is undated.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1318

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
--1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.91-93, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

Ten page letter over three folios - undated.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1407

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
-1-1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.203, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1408

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
?-?-1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.204, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1409

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
?-?-1853?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.205, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A letter from Joseph Hooker to Miles Joseph Berkeley arranging a visit by Hooker to Berkeley at his home at King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire. The letter is undated with exception of a note of '1853?' in pencil.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel12750

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[2 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0167; Reel 1054
Summary:

AH's father, Lord Aberdeen [G. Hamilton-Gordon] misunderstood JH, who never meant to suggest that office of deputy master of Mint was unnecessary. JH intended to stress that some responsibilities could be borne by only the Master.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13294

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
2?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.16; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thanks for MH's New Year's blessings. Divine help is sustaining JH in adversity. Family finances. Summary of 1852 accounts. Grandma [Mrs. Stewart] is ill. Mint business includes opening two Australian branches, large order for copper coinage, and decision about Mint's relationship to Bank of England. H. D. Harness is doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2612

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 January 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1380

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.30
Summary:

Surprised by length of spectrum produced by the combustion of metals, using electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel698

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.90
Summary:

Talks about things being sent out to Collingwood, about bills and the shortness of money, and the pressure of work at the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday2613

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 January 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13029

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0442; Reel 1055
Summary:

Asks for advice on JH's investments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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