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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has the two copies of the book reserved for John Frederick William Herschel and Lady Herschel. Will send them later.

Reference number
HS/3/24
Earliest possible date
7 June 1850
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Joanna Baillie

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Joanna Baillie, Letter, from Joanna Baillie to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hampstead, 7 June 1850, HS/3/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_24/letter-from-joanna-baillie-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hampstead, accessed on 16 November 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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