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

Reference number: HS/4/4

Date: 20 June 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will leave by the train he suggests and hopes to see him and his family on Wednesday 24 June.

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HS/4/4
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20 June 1846
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2 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, 20 June 1846, HS/4/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_4/letter-from-sophie-beckedorff-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-gloucester-house, accessed on 03 December 2024

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