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Letter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at 6 Merton Road

Reference number: HS/6/437

Date: 12 August 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been trying to collect letters of her husband as she intends writing a memoir on him [Memoir of Augustus De Morgan (London, 1882)]. Would be grateful if she could borrow any of his letters to John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/6/437
Earliest possible date
12 August 1871
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan

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Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan, Letter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at 6 Merton Road, 12 August 1871, HS/6/437, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_437/letter-from-sophia-e-de-morgan-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-6-merton-road, accessed on 09 December 2024

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