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Correspondent informs the Royal Society that her husband, Herman Boerhaave, has died

Reference number
EL/B3/54
Earliest possible date
30 September 1738
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Maria Drolenvaux

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Maria Drolenvaux, Letter, from Maria Drolenvaux to the Royal Society, dated at Leyden, 30 September 1738, EL/B3/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_54/letter-from-maria-drolenvaux-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 24 March 2025

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