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, 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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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 5 B miscellaneous-C
1815-1871 Reference number: HS/5
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John Frederick William Herschel
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