Letter, from Ellen Toynbee to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge
Reference number: HS/17/441
Date: 16 September 1865
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Expresses gratitude over John Frederick William Herschel's sympathy for ET's father's death. Describes his last days.
- Reference number
- HS/17/441
- Earliest possible date
- 16 September 1865
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Ellen Toynbee, Letter, from Ellen Toynbee to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge, 16 September 1865, HS/17/441, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_441/letter-from-ellen-toynbee-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-johns-lodge, accessed on 12 December 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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