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Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Calcutta], India

Reference number: HS/5/150

Date: 24 May 1847

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been unable to write previously owing to an attack of fever. Pleasant recollections of life at the Cape. Is sorry to hear the news of John Frederick William Herschel's son William. News of Hardinge [Julia Margaret Ca

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HS/5/150
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24 May 1847
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Calcutta], India, 24 May 1847, HS/5/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_150/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-calcutta-india, accessed on 07 March 2026

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