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Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Freshwater, I.o.W.

Reference number: HS/5/170

Date: 6 February 1870

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Autograph letter signed by sender. News of her sons. Has sold many of her photographs. Husband is in Ceylon.

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HS/5/170
Earliest possible date
6 February 1870
Page extent
36 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 Freshwater, I.o.W., 6 February 1870, HS/5/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_170/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-freshwater-iow, accessed on 22 April 2025

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