Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Joanna B. Horner
Reference number: HS/9/490
Date: 15 May 1852
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Draft letter. Regrets a week has elapsed before replying to her letter, but is pleased that Miss Mathilde Oersted had so high a regard for his speech concerning her illustrious father.
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- HS/9/490
- Earliest possible date
- 15 May 1852
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Joanna B. Horner, 15 May 1852, HS/9/490, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_490/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-joanna-b-horner, accessed on 14 February 2026
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