From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
18 January [1851]
Source of text:
Getty Center
Summary:
Asks that JC hold JH excused from appearing tomorrow, because JH has a severe cold.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Showing 1–5 of 5 items
Asks that JC hold JH excused from appearing tomorrow, because JH has a severe cold.
JH, now laboring in the vast 'Mammonium' [the Mint], missed a visit from JC and was unable to deliver JH's daughter Julia into JC's arms.
Thanks JC for what she sent. Has been reading Alfred Tennyson's Princess. Praises it.
Realizes that JH's 1853-12-22 will not reach JC. Makes arrangements for JC to send JH's daughter Julia to meet JH and to return to Collingwood with him on the weekend.
Makes arrangements to accompany Miss Julia Cameron [daughter of JC] to Collingwood. Thanks for JC's intervention on behalf of JH's nephew, Mr. Stewart. Expresses interest in Charles Hay Cameron's new undertaking.