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Letter, from Louisa Charlotte Tyndall to Colonel John Herschel, dated at Hind Head House, Haslemere

Reference number: HS/17/454

Date: 10 April 1904

Description

Autograph letter signed by sender. Tyndall wrote to her aunt Lady Gordon about obtaining permission to see the letters written by her husband, Professor C Tyndall to Sir John Herschel for 'biographical purposes'. Gordon informed Tyndall, Colonel Herschel is the custodian of family papers and suggested she write directly to him, and ask permission to see the letters.

Reference number
HS/17/454
Earliest possible date
10 April 1904
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Louisa Charlotte Tyndall

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Louisa Charlotte Tyndall, Letter, from Louisa Charlotte Tyndall to Colonel John Herschel, dated at Hind Head House, Haslemere, 10 April 1904, HS/17/454, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_454/letter-from-louisa-charlotte-tyndall-to-colonel-john-herschel-dated-at-hind-head-house-haslemere, accessed on 19 June 2025

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