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Incomplete letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fresh Water Bay, Isle of Wight

Reference number: HS/5/176

Date: 27 November 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete, rest of letter likely in the following item HS/5/177. Family news, wedding of a friend's daughter, suffering with jaundice.

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HS/5/176
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27 November 1860
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript
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Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Incomplete letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fresh Water Bay, Isle of Wight, 27 November 1860, HS/5/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_176/incomplete-letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-fresh-water-bay-isle-of-wight, accessed on 07 March 2026

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