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RS-MM-000970

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
2 May 1853
Source of text:
MM/15/56, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000817

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
28 November 1853
Source of text:
MM/13/123, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel7329

From:
A. R. Drummond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.505
Summary:

Has started a fund for the Miss Grettons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2534

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.443
Summary:

Asks JH to consider Reginald Octavius Day for an appointment to the new mint in Australia. Sends regards of his nieces and self.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4159

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1854?]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

'Delighted' to hear that JH is in 'such good spirits.' Has been giving regular class lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP3640

From:
Henry Unwin Addington
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
19 August 1853
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

“Free passage to Singapore” granted to ARW and permission sought “to visit the Dutch and Spanish settlements in the Eastern Seas.” A place is available on a “ship of War” headed for Trincomalee “but no further.”

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

WCP3639

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
Text Online

WCP3641

From:
Henry Unwin Addington
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
27 September 1853
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

ARW should inform when he intends to leave on his expedition; no vessels are scheduled for Singapore after November and passage may not then be available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel4634

From:
Admiralty
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.18
Summary:

Informing him that William Mann, assistant at Cape Town Observatory, has requested a salary increase, and would JH give his views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3087

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.252
Summary:

Congratulations on marriage of JH's daughter Caroline Herschel. Expects JH has received works sent 1852-12-11. Sends more but assures JH he must not read everything.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001504

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
12 April 1853
Source of text:
MM/19/108, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online

Faraday4724u

From:
Alan Stevenson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Before 1853
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2695

From:
Alexander Bath Power
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 July 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall0778

From:
Alexander Cumming
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/6/c; MS JT/1/TYP/1/257, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13862

From:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0210; Reel 1087
Summary:

Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon] will see JH at 11 o'clock this morning.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday4744u

From:
Alexander William Williamson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1853
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2772

From:
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
30 December 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2719

From:
Anton Schrötter
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 August 1853
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.112
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7016

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.263
Summary:

The book on the coinage of England in the 1670s is by one William Jeake. Comments on the diversity of coins available at that date and how their values changed by proclamation. Should the present coinage be decimalized he hopes the half crown will be withdrawn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7018

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.264
Summary:

Has he heard the names of the coins decided on by the Commons when the Pound is decimalized? W. R. Hamilton has informed him that he has heard from JH. Is going to the seaside tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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