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Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Putney Heath

Reference number: HS/5/153

Date: January 1858

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends him photograph of his godchild. Would like some lines from John Frederick William Herschel that he (the godchild) might keep.

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HS/5/153
Earliest possible date
January 1858
Page extent
3 pages
Format
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 Putney Heath, January 1858, HS/5/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_153/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-putney-heath, accessed on 22 April 2025

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