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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
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Marianne Compton

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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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