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Letter, from Joanna Baillie to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hampstead

Reference number: HS/3/17

Date: 9 April 1820

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invitation to dine with them and Sir Walter Scott.

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HS/3/17
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9 April 1820
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Joanna Baillie

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Joanna Baillie, Letter, from Joanna Baillie to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hampstead, 9 April 1820, HS/3/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_17/letter-from-joanna-baillie-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hampstead, accessed on 16 November 2025

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