Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Freshwater, I.o.W.
Reference number: HS/5/169
Date: 6 January 1871
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the interest he takes in her son and for his letter. Comments on the German war. Has a house full of visitors. It has been very cold and they have been without water.
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- HS/5/169
- Earliest possible date
- 6 January 1871
- Page extent
- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Julia Margaret Cameron, Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Freshwater, I.o.W., 6 January 1871, HS/5/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_169/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-freshwater-iow, 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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