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Letter, from Joanna B. Horner to Sir John Herschel, dated at 4 the Grove Highgate

Reference number: HS/9/489

Date: 4 May 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has had a letter from Miss Mathilde Oersted, who was gratified by John Frederick William Herschel's speech regarding her father. Her father's sudden death has been a great blow to her. Does not know what will happen to H. C. Oersted's books.

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HS/9/489
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4 May 1852
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5 pages
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Manuscript
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Joanna Baillie Horner

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Joanna Baillie Horner, Letter, from Joanna B. Horner to Sir John Herschel, dated at 4 the Grove Highgate, 4 May 1852, HS/9/489, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_489/letter-from-joanna-b-horner-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-4-the-grove-highgate, accessed on 10 November 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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