Letter, from Marianne Compton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Castle Ashby
Reference number: HS/5/359
Date: 18 December 1838
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Her father has burnt his hand so she is writing to inform him that there will be a joint committee meeting on Saturday. When is John Frederick William Herschel coming to visit them?
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- HS/5/359
- Earliest possible date
- 18 December 1838
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Marianne Compton, Letter, from Marianne Compton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Castle Ashby, 18 December 1838, HS/5/359, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_359/letter-from-marianne-compton-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-castle-ashby, accessed on 17 June 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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