Letter, from Joanna B. Horner to Sir John Herschel, dated at 17 Queens Rd., West
Reference number: HS/9/491
Date: 7 December 1859
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Charles Lyell has given her John Frederick William Herschel's translation of J. W. Goethe's poem. Comments on it.
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- HS/9/491
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- 7 December 1859
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Joanna Baillie Horner, Letter, from Joanna B. Horner to Sir John Herschel, dated at 17 Queens Rd., West, 7 December 1859, HS/9/491, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_491/letter-from-joanna-b-horner-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-17-queens-rd-west, accessed on 07 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9
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John Frederick William Herschel
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