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Herschel13138

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[14 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.7; Reel 1055
Summary:

E. W. Ward's assistant Mr. Watt, proposed supervisor of bullion office in Sydney mint, volunteered for military expedition to Constantinople. JH asks Treasury to choose replacement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel503

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[14 February 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.50
Summary:

Suggests a reference to the need to reduce the variety of strange measures being used in the country [see GA's 1854-2-14]; wants to know who the examiners were at Cambridge University in Dec. 1853.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12741

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Finch
Date:
[14 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0156; Reel 1054
Summary:

HF's year of probation in Coining department ends today. JH will recommend appointing HF to permanent position, but HF must take responsibility to acquaint himself with operations of all other departments if HF wishes further promotion. Admonishes HF to behave with dignity and adapt to new Mint organization without 'harking back after the old state.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP3647

From:
John Wodehouse
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
14 February 1854
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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