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Letter, from Sophie Beckedorff to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hanover

Reference number: HS/4/7

Date: 4 February 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Family and political news.

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HS/4/7
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4 February 1850
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6 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 Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hanover, 4 February 1850, HS/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_7/letter-from-sophie-beckedorff-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 07 December 2024

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