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Letter, from Sophie Beckedorff to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gloucester House

Reference number: HS/4/3

Date: 15 June 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for the invitation to visit him. Will avail herself of it, if feasible, on her way to Dover.

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HS/4/3
Earliest possible date
15 June 1846
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Anne-Sophie Beckedorff

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Anne-Sophie Beckedorff, Letter, from Sophie Beckedorff to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gloucester House, 15 June 1846, HS/4/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_3/letter-from-sophie-beckedorff-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-gloucester-house, accessed on 17 February 2026

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