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Herschel13180

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Wolstenholme Ward
Date:
[11 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0489; Reel 1055
Summary:

Mr. Watt requests leave from duties of new Sydney branch mint to join Commissariat department in Malta. If war is declared [in Crimea], Watt will resign from Mint. Difficulty in finding replacement so close to EW's departure for Australia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13450

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[11 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0683; Reel 1089
Summary:

Returns [?]'s letter, dated January, for correction. Believes that [?] intended it to be dated February.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE628

From:
Stratford de Redcliffe
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
11 Feb 1854
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 132, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online

WCP5576

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
11 February 1854
Source of text:
Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

WCP1289

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
11 February 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/15
  • California Historical Society
Summary:

One of a set of letters providing in-depth descriptions John Wallace's life in the gold mining town of Columbia, California, building a system to bring water to gold mining operations in the town.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Tyndall0882

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Sunday night
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/587; MS JT/1/HTYP/312, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1798

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0637.1 (C: RGO 6.341.49)
Summary:

Please send comments on the first draft of the Standards Commission report [see GA's 1853-12-22]; GA wants to prepare a second draft.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13451

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[13 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0684.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Forwards report by W. T. Brande on performance of Henry Finch during one year probation in coining department. JH recommends advancing Henry Finch and F. R. Brande to permanent positions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

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
Text Online

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:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

HENSLOW-1276

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
George Knights
Date:
15 February 1854
Source of text:
Ipswich Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel13140

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.9; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] Asks CT to submit JH's name to Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon] for position on Cambridge board of examiners, provided this duty does not require residence in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13139

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.8; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] List of Cambridge men that JH considers eligible to be moderators and examiners for Mathematical Tripos.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel662

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1854-2-15 or later
Source of text:
JHS 1.54
Summary:

The effect of the Crimean War on the Mint, and on the family, for example, daughter Caroline will want to follow her husband as close to the war area as possible [see JH's 1854-2-15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel663

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.55
Summary:

Daughter Caroline is preparing for the problems that the Crimean War may bring; JH has applied for an Examinership [see JH's 1854-2-1 to 15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2252

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir John Romilly
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.501 (C: RS:HS 23.144)
Summary:

Comments on Dr. Dodd's views of study of law versus civil law. Wants university study to be as broad as possible. Understanding civil law requires knowledge of general jurisprudence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14574

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0554.4; Reel 1093
Summary:

Doubts that examiner could live outside London and still fulfill duties.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1799

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0637.2 (C: RGO 6.341.52)
Summary:

Doubts that proscribing certain weight usages will be effective, unless the users feel a need to change [see JH's 1854-2-14]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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