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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's extracts from Homer. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will publish before he has finished all the translation. Will write again soon.

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HS/5/161
Earliest possible date
7 December 1864
Page extent
12 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, 7 December 1864, HS/5/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_161/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 07 March 2026

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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