RefNoHSF/2/4/8
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Mary Cornwallis Herschel, to [John Herschel]
CreatorHerschel; Mary Cornwallis [formerly Power; née Lipscombe] (1829-1876)
Date11 [December 1871]
DescriptionShe has John's two letters and will act accordingly. She asks him to 'attend to the Herald's pathetic appeal'. She can think of little but tomorrow morning [the solar eclipse] and asks John to bring 'a dram' of chloral hydrate and one of hypophosphite of lime. She has had visits from Captain and Mrs Stevenson, and a Miss Cox and contrasts the differences between friendliness in India and in England. She notes letters and messages, and information from Captain Stevenson on Allenby, a gunsmith who lets out carriages and horses.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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