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From:
Mary Anne Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.420
Summary:

Recalls happy days JH spent with MW's relatives. MW is now 76 and in good health, but experiencing financial difficulties. Will JH help her? Reports news of her brothers, Alexander and Patrick.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
5 November [1866]
Source of text:
JHS 5.15
Summary:

Worried by not having heard from son John, especially as there is cholera in India; JH sends news of the family, especially of how bright the younger girls are; also comments on world events and about books sent to John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project