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Letter, from Sophie Beckedorff to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, dated at Hanover

Reference number: HS/4/8

Date: July 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invitation to Caroline, Sir John, and William Herschel to dine with her on Friday.

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HS/4/8
Earliest possible date
July 1838
Page extent
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 Caroline Lucretia Herschel, dated at Hanover, July 1838, HS/4/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_8/letter-from-sophie-beckedorff-to-caroline-lucretia-herschel-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 12 November 2025

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